Self-management in older adults with chronic illness: Do illness representations play a regulatory role?
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Self-management in older patients with chronic illness.
Chronic illness causes the majority of disease burden and health costs in developed countries; however, this could be substantially reduced by optimal patient self-management. This study examined the levels of self-management in patients (n = 300) with chronic illness (chronic heart failure, chronic respiratory disease, Parkinson's disease and chronic schizophrenia) of moderate severity who had...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Global Journal of Guidance and Counseling in Schools: Current Perspectives
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2301-2609
DOI: 10.18844/gjgc.v8i2.3577