Chronic conditions such as heart failure (HF) place a tremendous strain on patients, their families, the community, and the health care system because there are no real "cures". Adding to the burden are longer life expectancies and increased numbers of people living with multiple chronic conditions. Today, whether engaging in a health-promoting activity, such as exercise, or living with a chron...

HIV/AIDS is widely recognized as a chronic illness within HIV care, but is often excluded from chronic disease lists outside the field. Similar to other chronic diseases, HIV requires lifetime changes in physical health, psychological functioning, social relations, and adoption of disease-specific regimens. The shift from acute to chronic illness requires a self-management model in which patien...

Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. They account for almost 60% of all deaths and 43% of the global burden of disease [1]. This is expected to markedly increase with chronic disease contributing 73% of all deaths and 60% of the global burden of disease by 2020 [1]. The most prevalent chronic diseases—cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and type 2 diabetes—are ...

multiple sclerosis is a severe disorder of the central nervous system. this chronic and progressive disease involves unpredictable episodes of inflammatory attacks. it can cause functional limitations, disability and reduced quality of life. pain is a common and significant problem in lots of people with multiple sclerosis (ms). and it is inversely correlated with aspects of life quality in ind...

background: hemophilia is a chronic bleeding disease and can interfere with daily performance of children. these children require continuous training to prevent bleeding. since children nurses play an important role in the education of sick children and their self-efficacy and the increase use of educational computer games, the use of educational games for teaching self-efficacy to children wit...

Multiple sclerosis is a severe disorder of the central nervous system. This chronic and progressive disease involves unpredictable episodes of inflammatory attacks. It can cause functional limitations, disability and reduced quality of life. Pain is a common and significant problem in lots of people with multiple sclerosis (MS). And it is inversely correlated with aspects of life quality in ind...