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29 mar 2019 · The model focuses on chronic health conditions, on the centrality of the person’s life and values, on achieving a good quality-of-life, on the need for good medical and nursing care, especially in acute phases, and on issues of access to social resources and opportunities.
A progressively convincing characterization of risk and protective factors for favorable adjustment to chronic illness has emerged. We identify critical issues for future research.
The construct of “ chronic physical diseases ” (CPDs) encompasses a number of heterogeneous conditions that have persisting lifelong effects on the quality of life (QoL) and subjective well-being (Sprangers et al., 2000).
In this review, we first examine the effects of chronic disease on one's sense of self. Then we review categories of factors that influence how one adjusts to chronic illness, with particular emphasis on the impact of these factors on functional status and psychosocial adjustment.
7 lis 2019 · Our collection includes 15 research articles that explore the reciprocal link between psychological determinants and medical conditions with regard to three fundamental domains: cognition, stress, and emotion.
While chronic diseases do kill, most people diagnosed with a chronic illness will live for many years with their condition. Understanding and improving the process of coping with a chronic illness has become an important area of health care.
21 lip 2017 · With chronic diseases now accounting for most morbidity and many deaths in Western countries, healthcare systems designed around acute biomedical care models are struggling to improve patient-reported outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.
