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Interventions to Support Behavioral Self-Management of Chronic Diseases [PDF]
A majority of the US adult population has one or more chronic conditions that require medical intervention and long-term self-management. Such conditions are among the 10 leading causes of mortality; an estimated 86% of the nation's $2.7 trillion in annual health care expenditures goes toward their treatment and management.
Allegrante, John P. +2 more
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ABSTRACT Purpose Next‐generation sequencing (NGS) has emerged as a promising approach to improve diagnostic accuracy, but its feasibility in low‐ and middle‐income countries remains unknown. This study characterized the diagnostic landscape and assessed organizational readiness for NGS implementation at two childhood cancer treatment centers in Accra ...
Melissa Carvalho +6 more
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Background Well managed diabetes requires active self-management in order to ensure optimal glycaemic control and appropriate use of available clinical services and other supports.
Riddell Michaela A +7 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Physical rehabilitation is highly recognised in improving the quality of life of cancer survivors through prehabilitation, sequelae management and palliative care, yet its integration into routine care in Ghana has not been characterised, leading to potential gaps in service access.
Dorothy Ekua Adjabu +5 more
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Xu Liu,1,2,* Min-Kyu Kim,1,2,* Dan Du,1,2 Xinyu Zhou,1,2 Lian Wang,1,2 Xian Jiang1,2 1Department of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2Laboratory of Dermatology, Clinical Institute of ...
Liu X +5 more
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Patient factors that influence clinicians' decision making in self-management support: A clinical vignette study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND AIM:Self-management support is an integral part of current chronic care guidelines. The success of self-management interventions varies between individual patients, suggesting a need for tailored self-management support.
Irene D Bos-Touwen +4 more
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ABSTRACT Background Survivorship care plans (SCPs) summarize cancer treatment and guide risk‐based follow‐up for cancer survivors, yet remain difficult to create, share, and use. Stakeholder perspectives are needed to inform usable approaches.
Molly S. Talman +4 more
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ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani +7 more
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Understanding students’ healthcare (de)motivating self-management support
Background: Chronic conditions have a large health, social and economic impact. To minimize this burden, it is important to stimulate adults with a chronic disease to manage their health (behaviours).
De Cocker, KatrienGE300019991435268010019177280000-0001-7510-4419F7578A3C-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4 +5 more
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Objectives: to analyze the self-management support needs of adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Methods: this qualitative research was carried out between September and December 2017 with nine adolescents in the pediatric outpatient clinic of a ...
Leiliane Teixeira Bento Fernandes (12688057) +5 more
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