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Chronic illness self-management: taking action to create order.

Debbie Kralik1, Tina Koch, Kay Price

  • 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of South Australia, RDNS Research Unit, Royal District Nursing Service (SA Inc), Glenside, South Australia. dkralik@bigpond.net.au

Journal of Clinical Nursing
|January 16, 2004
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People with chronic illness manage their health through a personal process of creating order in their lives, not just structured education. This self-management process is key to navigating life transitions with illness.

Area of Science:

  • Health Sciences
  • Qualitative Research
  • Chronic Illness Management

Background:

  • Understanding how individuals incorporate illness consequences into their lives is crucial.
  • The concept of 'transition' describes this process of adaptation.
  • Self-management was hypothesized as central to the transition process, necessitating further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the lived experience and meaning of self-management for individuals with chronic illness.
  • Focus on the conceptualization of self-management, distinct from the experience of arthritis symptoms.
  • Investigate how individuals construct their understanding of self-management.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study involving nine participants with arthritis.

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  • Data collection through autobiographies, recorded telephone interviews, and group discussions.
  • Collaborative research approach involving participants and researchers.

    • Main Results:

    • Participants define self-management as a process to create order, contrasting with the health professional view of structured education.
    • Four key themes emerged: boundary recognition, resource mobilization, identity shift management, and balancing/pacing/planning/prioritizing.
    • Self-management is learned through daily experiences and trial-and-error.

    Conclusions:

    • Self-management is a dynamic process integral to adapting to chronic illness and managing life transitions.
    • Individuals reconstruct identity and daily life by understanding personal limitations.
    • Clinical nursing practice can be enhanced by adopting a broad, contextual approach to self-management processes.