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10 sty 2015 · Although most people nowadays remember Thomas McKeown (1912–88) for his work on historical demography arguing against the power of medicine to have influenced significantly mortality statistics in the past, the young McKeown did pioneering research on the impact of the chronically ill on hospital function.
16 wrz 2023 · Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74% of all deaths globally. Each year, 17 million people die from a NCD before age 70; 86% of these premature deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
31 sty 2013 · As an outcome of this concept analysis, we define treatment burden as a person's subjective and objective overall estimation of the dynamic and multidimensional burden that their treatment regimen for chronic illness has imposed on them and on their family members.
12 mar 2021 · Patients’ personal process of health promotion goes on even if the illness at times pose obstacles that seem to be hard to handle. The Bodyknowledging process (Fig. 16.1) elicits the danger of the person being trapped in the experiences of uncertainty, losses of life space, grieving, and anger.
20 sty 2024 · Chronic diseases are among the leading causes of chronic disease worldwide. Chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and associated risk factors such as smoking and physical inactivity, increased the risk of severe COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.
The transformation of cancer from a rapidly and inevitably fatal disease into a condition that can be managed over time, has led to the definition of cancer as a chronic disease (Schmidt, Citation 2016; Ward, Schiller, & Goodman, Citation 2014; WHO, Citation 2015).
7 gru 2020 · Wider health inequalities literature supplemented the individual experiences of chronic illness. Results: Four main themes were developed from the data: (1) chronic illness as a disruptive experience; (2) struggling for money; (3) lifestyle and health risks; and (4) reflections on current inequalities.
