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Tools to assess living with a chronic illness: A systematic review
Leire Ambrosio1, Mari Carmen Portillo2
1Departamento de Enfermería de la Persona Adulta. Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad de Navarra. C/ Irunlarrea s/n 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, España.
Objective:
To analyse the currently available instruments to assess living with a chronic illness and related aspects.
Method:
A review of the evidence was made using the databases: Medline, CINHAL, PsycINFO, Cochrane Library, Embase and Cuiden. The criteria that limited the search were: the language, English and / or Spanish and studies carried out in an adult population. Years of article publication were not used as a limit.
Results:
A total of 16 instruments were identified and analysed that apparently measured the concept of living with a chronic illness and/or related aspects. According to the name of the instrument, four seemed to evaluate the concept of living with a chronic illness while the rest of the instruments evaluated aspects intrinsically related to the concept of "living with", such as attributes or the meaning of living with a chronic illness.
Conclusions:
Different instruments were identified to evaluate daily living for the chronically ill patient, as well as related aspects. According to this review, further validation studies are required in other populations and/or contexts in order to achieve valid and reliable instruments that could be used in clinical practice.
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