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Esfandiari E, Miller WC, King S, Ashe MC, Mortenson WB. A qualitative study of clinicians' and individuals' with lower limb loss perspectives on the development of a novel online self-management program. Disabil Rehabil 2024:1-10. [PMID: 38468472 DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2326185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024]
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PURPOSE To explore the rehabilitation preferences and experiences of clinicians and patients for education after lower limb loss to facilitate the development of an online self-management program. METHODS A qualitative descriptive approach was used. Thirty-one clinicians (physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and prosthetists), and 26 patients with lower limb loss (transtibial and transfemoral amputation; mean age (SD) of 63.3 (9.1), years) were recruited. We used semi-structured focus groups and one-on-one interviews, and audio recorded the interviews. Data were analyzed using conventional content analysis. RESULTS Three themes were identified: (1) Needing education in rehabilitation described the education in current practice as one-on-one discussion and booklets and highlighted the limitations of education such as its length, static nature, and inaccessible for patients living in remote areas. (2) Getting back to activities prior to amputation emphasized how goal setting and social support could assist patients and facilitate self-management. (3) Augmenting learning highlighted the need for an accessible complementary source for education and potential solutions to overcome the barriers of online delivery. CONCLUSIONS Our findings underscore the importance of education in the rehabilitation of patients to help them get back to their activities. An online accessible tool may improve education by providing information and peer support.
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- Elham Esfandiari
- Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- GF Strong Rehabilitation Research Lab, Vancouver Coastal Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- GF Strong Rehabilitation Research Lab, Vancouver Coastal Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Family Practice, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Graduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- GF Strong Rehabilitation Research Lab, Vancouver Coastal Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Bertolazzi A, Quaglia V, Bongelli R. Barriers and facilitators to health technology adoption by older adults with chronic diseases: an integrative systematic review. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:506. [PMID: 38365698 PMCID: PMC10873991 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-18036-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND In recent years, healthcare systems have progressively adopted several technologies enhancing access to healthcare for older adults and support the delivery of efficient and effective care for this specific population. These technologies include both assistive technologies designed to maintain or improve the independence, social participation and functionality of older people at home, as well as health information technology developed to manage long-term conditions. Examples of such technologies include telehealth, wearable devices and mobile health. However, despite the great promise that health technology holds for promoting independent living among older people, its actual implementation remains challenging. METHODS This study aimed to conduct an integrative systematic review of the research evidence on the factors that facilitate or hinder the adoption of different types of technology by older individuals with chronic diseases. For this purpose, four electronic databases (PsycArticles, Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed) were queried to search for indexed published studies. The methodological quality of the selected papers has been assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT). RESULTS Twenty-nine articles were selected, including 6.213 adults aged 60 or older. The studies have been synthesised considering the types of technological interventions and chronic diseases, as well as the main barriers and facilitators in technology acceptance. The results revealed that the majority of the selected articles focused on comorbid conditions and the utilisation of telemedicine tools. With regard to hindering and facilitating factors, five main domains were identified: demographic and socioeconomic, health-related, dispositional, technology-related and social factors. CONCLUSION The study results have practical implications not only for technology developers but also for all the social actors involved in the design and implementation of healthcare technologies, including formal and informal caregivers and policy stakeholders. These actors could use this work to enhance their understanding of the utilisation of technology by the ageing population. This review emphasises the factors that facilitate technology adoption and identifies barriers that impede it, with the ultimate goal of promoting health and independent living.
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- Alessia Bertolazzi
- Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations, University of Macerata, Don Minzoni street, 22, 62100, Macerata, Italy.
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- Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations, University of Macerata, Don Minzoni street, 22, 62100, Macerata, Italy
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- Department of Political Science, Communication and International Relations, University of Macerata, Don Minzoni street, 22, 62100, Macerata, Italy
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Armstrong M, Walters K, Davies N, Nimmons D, Pigott J, Read J, Schrag A. Intervention components in the self-management of Parkinson's: a mixed-methods synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence. BMC Health Serv Res 2024; 24:92. [PMID: 38233917 PMCID: PMC10795310 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10436-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Self-management interventions consist of multiple components to support people in the management of medical, emotional, and behavioural aspects of their condition, and aim to improve quality of life, function, and other outcomes. A systematic review of self-management interventions in Parkinson's showed no conclusive evidence for effectiveness of specific self-management approaches in Parkinson's to date but identified several potentially useful components. AIM To identify the key required components for self-management in people with Parkinson's by synthesising evidence from a body of primary qualitative evidence and systematic reviews, and to explore which of these key components should be incorporated into trials of self-management in Parkinson's. METHOD A mixed-methods synthesis was conducted. We combined data from two primary qualitative studies and a systematic review of qualitative studies that focused on self-management in Parkinson's to identify key intervention components. These were then mapped onto the results of a systematic review of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) using matrices. First, data were extracted from the qualitative studies with people with Parkinson's and healthcare professionals on the key self-management components in this population. Second, a matrix table was created to map the identified Parkinson's specific self-management components against potential effectiveness from published RCTs of self-management interventions. RESULTS Synthesis of qualitative data identified 15 potential self-management components. These 15 components included components needed to start self-managing (e.g., information, skill acquirement) and components needed to maintain self-managing (e.g., self-motoring, increasing motivation). From 18 RCTs, interventions varied in how many components were included (range 1-10). Trials reporting significant beneficial effects of their intervention included a higher number of components (4 or more self-management components) than trials without significant findings (1-3 self-management components). CONCLUSION Fifteen key self-management components were identified that should be incorporated into interventions or programs of self-management in Parkinson's. No current trial has incorporated all aspects, but a higher number of these key components appears to make trials of self-management interventions more likely to be successful.
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- Megan Armstrong
- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK.
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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Fulop NJ, Walton H, Crellin N, Georghiou T, Herlitz L, Litchfield I, Massou E, Sherlaw-Johnson C, Sidhu M, Tomini SM, Vindrola-Padros C, Ellins J, Morris S, Ng PL. A rapid mixed-methods evaluation of remote home monitoring models during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE DELIVERY RESEARCH 2023; 11:1-151. [PMID: 37800997 DOI: 10.3310/fvqw4410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Background Remote home monitoring services were developed and implemented for patients with COVID-19 during the pandemic. Patients monitored blood oxygen saturation and other readings (e.g. temperature) at home and were escalated as necessary. Objective To evaluate effectiveness, costs, implementation, and staff and patient experiences (including disparities and mode) of COVID-19 remote home monitoring services in England during the COVID-19 pandemic (waves 1 and 2). Methods A rapid mixed-methods evaluation, conducted in two phases. Phase 1 (July-August 2020) comprised a rapid systematic review, implementation and economic analysis study (in eight sites). Phase 2 (January-June 2021) comprised a large-scale, multisite, mixed-methods study of effectiveness, costs, implementation and patient/staff experience, using national data sets, surveys (28 sites) and interviews (17 sites). Results Phase 1 Findings from the review and empirical study indicated that these services have been implemented worldwide and vary substantially. Empirical findings highlighted that communication, appropriate information and multiple modes of monitoring facilitated implementation; barriers included unclear referral processes, workforce availability and lack of administrative support. Phase 2 We received surveys from 292 staff (39% response rate) and 1069 patients/carers (18% response rate). We conducted interviews with 58 staff, 62 patients/carers and 5 national leads. Despite national roll-out, enrolment to services was lower than expected (average enrolment across 37 clinical commissioning groups judged to have completed data was 8.7%). There was large variability in implementation of services, influenced by patient (e.g. local population needs), workforce (e.g. workload), organisational (e.g. collaboration) and resource (e.g. software) factors. We found that for every 10% increase in enrolment to the programme, mortality was reduced by 2% (95% confidence interval: 4% reduction to 1% increase), admissions increased by 3% (-1% to 7%), in-hospital mortality fell by 3% (-8% to 3%) and lengths of stay increased by 1.8% (-1.2% to 4.9%). None of these results are statistically significant. We found slightly longer hospital lengths of stay associated with virtual ward services (adjusted incidence rate ratio 1.05, 95% confidence interval 1.01 to 1.09), and no statistically significant impact on subsequent COVID-19 readmissions (adjusted odds ratio 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.89 to 1.02). Low patient enrolment rates and incomplete data may have affected chances of detecting possible impact. The mean running cost per patient varied for different types of service and mode; and was driven by the number and grade of staff. Staff, patients and carers generally reported positive experiences of services. Services were easy to deliver but staff needed additional training. Staff knowledge/confidence, NHS resources/workload, dynamics between multidisciplinary team members and patients' engagement with the service (e.g. using the oximeter to record and submit readings) influenced delivery. Patients and carers felt services and human contact received reassured them and were easy to engage with. Engagement was conditional on patient, support, resource and service factors. Many sites designed services to suit the needs of their local population. Despite adaptations, disparities were reported across some patient groups. For example, older adults and patients from ethnic minorities reported more difficulties engaging with the service. Tech-enabled models helped to manage large patient groups but did not completely replace phone calls. Limitations Limitations included data completeness, inability to link data on service use to outcomes at a patient level, low survey response rates and under-representation of some patient groups. Future work Further research should consider the long-term impact and cost-effectiveness of these services and the appropriateness of different models for different groups of patients. Conclusions We were not able to find quantitative evidence that COVID-19 remote home monitoring services have been effective. However, low enrolment rates, incomplete data and varied implementation reduced our chances of detecting any impact that may have existed. While services were viewed positively by staff and patients, barriers to implementation, delivery and engagement should be considered. Study registration This study is registered with the ISRCTN (14962466). Funding This project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health and Social Care Delivery Research programme (RSET: 16/138/17; BRACE: 16/138/31) and NHSEI and will be published in full in Health and Social Care Delivery Research; Vol. 11, No. 13. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Institute for Health and Care Research or the Department of Health and Social Care.
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- Naomi J Fulop
- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, UK
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- Health Services Management Centre, School of Social Policy, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, UK
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Poku BA, Atkin KM, Kirk S. Self-management interventions for children and young people with sickle cell disease: A systematic review. Health Expect 2023; 26:579-612. [PMID: 36597596 PMCID: PMC10010100 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of interventions are being developed to support self-management for children and young people (CYP) with sickle cell disease (SCD), but no systematic review has systematically synthesized this evidence regarding their characteristics, effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility for all published intervention types. METHODS The Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for mixed-method reviews were followed. A systematic search of eight databases and key journals was conducted from their inception to November 2021. Primary research of self-management interventions targeting CYP with SCD aged 8-24 years and reporting any health/social outcome and acceptability data were included. Design-specific standardized critical appraisal instruments were used. Two independent reviewers screened and appraised the articles. A third reviewer resolved disagreements. RESULTS Of 1654 articles identified, 38 studies were included. Methodological quality was moderate. Most studies evaluated SCD education, psycho-behavioural, psychosocial and skills training and/or social support interventions. They appear to demonstrate short-term improvements in knowledge, social functioning and medical adherence outcomes. Interventions that were multifaceted in content, combined technological platforms and in-person group-based formats and involved peers, family and care providers were more acceptable and effective. The long-term impact of interventions was limited, including CYP's involvement in the intervention development and implementation. CONCLUSIONS There is inconclusive evidence for any self-management programme. Nonetheless, support from family, peers and care providers appears to be important for self-management interventions' effectiveness and acceptability. Future research needs to prioritize CYP involvement in both intervention design and delivery, their wider social context and include CYP with SCD from non-Black backgrounds. PATIENT AND PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION Three young people with SCD recruited acted as the review advisors. They were formally trained in the review process and involved in every aspect of the review: the design, conduct and interpretation of the findings. CYP involvement in the interventions' development and implementation was analysed as part of the review. This systematic review was conducted as part of a wider research project titled: Understanding fatigue experiences of CYP with SCD to guide the co-development of a fatigue self-management intervention. Two of the young advisors involved in the review were also involved in the development of the project funding application.
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- Brenda A Poku
- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Walton H, Vindrola‐Padros C, Crellin NE, Sidhu MS, Herlitz L, Litchfield I, Ellins J, Ng PL, Massou E, Tomini SM, Fulop NJ. Patients' experiences of, and engagement with, remote home monitoring services for COVID-19 patients: A rapid mixed-methods study. Health Expect 2022; 25:2386-2404. [PMID: 35796686 PMCID: PMC9349790 DOI: 10.1111/hex.13548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Remote home monitoring models were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to shorten hospital length of stay, reduce unnecessary hospital admission, readmission and infection and appropriately escalate care. Within these models, patients are asked to take and record readings and escalate care if advised. There is limited evidence on how patients and carers experience these services. This study aimed to evaluate patient experiences of, and engagement with, remote home monitoring models for COVID-19. METHODS A rapid mixed-methods study was carried out in England (conducted from March to June 2021). We remotely conducted a cross-sectional survey and semi-structured interviews with patients and carers. Interview findings were summarized using rapid assessment procedures sheets and data were grouped into themes (using thematic analysis). Survey data were analysed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS We received 1069 surveys (18% response rate) and conducted interviews with patients (n = 59) or their carers (n = 3). 'Care' relied on support from staff members and family/friends. Patients and carers reported positive experiences and felt that the service and human contact reassured them and was easy to engage with. Yet, some patients and carers identified problems with engagement (e.g., hesitancy to self-escalate care). Engagement was influenced by patient factors such as health and knowledge, support from family/friends and staff, availability and ease of use of informational and material resources (e.g., equipment) and service factors. CONCLUSION Remote home monitoring models place responsibility on patients to self-manage symptoms in partnership with staff; yet, many patients required support and preferred human contact (especially for identifying problems). Caring burden and experiences of those living alone and barriers to engagement should be considered when designing and implementing remote home monitoring services. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION The study team met with service users and public members of the evaluation teams throughout the project in a series of workshops. Workshops informed study design, data collection tools and data interpretation and were conducted to also discuss study dissemination. Public patient involvement (PPI) members helped to pilot patient surveys and interview guides with the research team. Some members of the public also piloted the patient survey. Members of the PPI group were given the opportunity to comment on the manuscript, and the manuscript was amended accordingly.
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- Holly Walton
- Department of Applied Health ResearchUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- School of Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, College of Social SciencesUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
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- Department of Applied Health ResearchUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Institute of Applied Health Research, College of Medical and Dental SciencesUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
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- School of Social Policy, Health Services Management Centre, College of Social SciencesUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
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- Department of Applied Health ResearchUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Public Health and Primary CareUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- Department of Applied Health ResearchUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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- Department of Applied Health ResearchUniversity College LondonLondonUK
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Shah R, Read J, Davies N, Nimmons D, Pigott J, Schrag A, Walters K, Armstrong M. People with Parkinson’s perspectives and experiences of self-management: Qualitative findings from a UK study. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0273428. [PMID: 36083947 PMCID: PMC9462566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Introduction Parkinson’s prevalence is growing, and more people are being impacted by the condition than ever before. Self-management has been proposed as one way to enable people living with the condition to improve or maintain their quality of life and wellbeing whilst living at home. Aim To explore the views and experiences of how people living with Parkinson’s self-manage their condition and identify areas needed to be incorporated into self-management resources or interventions. Method Twenty people with Parkinson’s from across London and Hertfordshire, UK took part in semi-structured interviews on self-management. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis to identify themes. Results Three main themes were identified: (1) Management of physical symptoms, which included engaging in physical activities, adapting their lifestyles, managing medication and using e-health resources; (2) Management of emotional impact, which involved using a range of cognitive and practical strategies, and seeking talking therapies and medication; and (3) barriers to self-management such as accessing accurate information, experiencing stigma towards their condition which impacted their self-esteem and identity, in turn impacting on their ability to self-manage. Conclusion Holistic and person-centred self-management programmes or interventions should be developed incorporating components such as medication and emotional support, individualised planning of exercise regimes, and accessible, timely and accurate information. Furthermore, more public health knowledge on Parkinson’s is needed to help reduce stigma.
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- Ria Shah
- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Making epistemic goods compatible: knowledge-making practices in a lifestyle intervention RCT on mindfulness and compassion meditation. BIOSOCIETIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1057/s41292-022-00272-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lewis S, Willis K, Franklin M, Smith L. Challenging times: disconnects between patient and professional temporalities in chronic condition management. CRITICAL PUBLIC HEALTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2022.2046705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Sophie Lewis
- Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Institute for Health & Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Sydney Pharmacy School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Armstrong M, Tuijt R, Read J, Pigott J, Davies N, Manthorpe J, Frost R, Schrag A, Walters K. Health care professionals' perspectives on self-management for people with Parkinson's: qualitative findings from a UK study. BMC Geriatr 2021; 21:706. [PMID: 34911497 PMCID: PMC8672490 DOI: 10.1186/s12877-021-02678-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease is a long-term, complex health condition. To improve or maintain quality of life, people with Parkinson's can have an active involvement in their care through self-management techniques. Given the complexity and individualization of self-management, people with Parkinson's will need support and encouragement from their healthcare professionals (HCPs). Despite the key role HCPs have in this, research has seldom explored their perspectives and understanding of self-management for people with Parkinson's. METHODS Multi-disciplinary teams providing care for people with Parkinson's across London, Coventry and Hertfordshire were approached and took part in either one of four focus groups or individual interviews. Forty-two HCPs, including a range of specialist doctors, general practitioners, allied health professionals, nurses, and social workers, took part in this study. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis to identify themes. RESULTS Four themes were developed from the data: 1) Empowerment of patients through holistic care and being person-centred; 2) Maximising motivation and capability for patients, for example using asset based approaches and increasing opportunities; 3) importance of empowerment of carers to support self-management and 4) contextual barriers to self-management such as the social context. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first to explore the perspectives of HCPs on self-management in people with Parkinson's. Our findings have identified important considerations surrounding empowerment, motivation, carers and contextual barriers to better understand how we enable effective self-management techniques in people with Parkinson's. Research should build on these findings on to develop acceptable and effective self-management tools for use in practice with people affected by Parkinson's.
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- Megan Armstrong
- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK.
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- NIHR Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London, NW3 2PF, UK
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Hughes S, Lewis S, Willis K, Rogers A, Wyke S, Smith L. Participants' experiences of and perceived value regarding different support types for long-term condition self-management programmes. Chronic Illn 2021; 17:242-256. [PMID: 31426657 DOI: 10.1177/1742395319869437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Health professional-led group programmes are a common form of long-term condition self-management support. Much research has focused on clinical outcomes of group participation, yet there is limited research on how group participants perceive and experience the support they receive. We aim to identify the different types of support that participants receive from both facilitators and other participants, and how they value this support. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants taking part in a self-management group programme for a long-term condition (obesity, type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Data pertaining to support types were deductively identified through a social support framework prior to interpretive thematic analysis. RESULTS Participants identified information and emotional support from both facilitators and other participants as complementary yet distinct. Facilitators' support came from professional training and other participants' support reflected the contextual, lived experience. Professional interactions were prioritised, constraining opportunities for participant-participant support to be received and exchanged. DISCUSSION We identified a key gap in how self-management support is enacted in groups. Engaging participants to share experiential knowledge will make group support more relevant and mutually beneficial to participants living with a long-term condition.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
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- Allied Health Research, Melbourne Health, La Trobe University, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Institute for Health and Wellbeing, College of Social Science, Glasgow, UK
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney School of Pharmacy, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Vaagan A, Sandvin Olsson AB, Arntzen C, By Rise M, Grue J, Haugland T, Langeland E, Stenberg U, Koren Solvang P. Rethinking long-term condition management: An actor-level framework. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2021; 43:392-407. [PMID: 33635559 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To understand the complexities of managing long-term conditions and develop appropriate responses, micro-, meso- and macrolevels must be considered. However, these levels have not been combined in a single analytical framework of long-term condition management (LTCM). This article aims to describe a framework of LTCM practice and research that combines societal levels and key agents. The actor-level framework, based on the works of Abram De Swaan and Randall Collins, provides a broader understanding of LTCM as an interdisciplinary research field compared to previous contributions. The framework has three main advantages. First, it encourages knowledge production across levels and actors that address the complexity of long-term illness management. Second, it broadens the scope of LTCM as an interdisciplinary research field and practice field. Finally, it facilitates the integration of knowledge production from different disciplines and research traditions. The framework could stimulate interdisciplinary research collaboration to enhance knowledge of processes and interactions influencing the lives of individuals with long-term conditions.
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- André Vaagan
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Mental Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Faculty of Health Studies, VID Specialized University, Norway and Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hamar, Norway
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
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- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health and Frambu Competence Center of Rare Diagnosis, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Physiotherapy, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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Morden A, Ong BN, Jinks C, Healey E, Finney A, Dziedzic KS. Resistance or appropriation? : Uptake of exercise after a nurse-led intervention to promote self-management for osteoarthritis. Health (London) 2020; 26:221-243. [PMID: 32486866 PMCID: PMC8928233 DOI: 10.1177/1363459320925879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The philosophical underpinning of trials of complex interventions is critiqued for not taking into account causal mechanisms that influence potential outcomes. In this article, we draw from in-depth interviews (with practice nurses and patients) and observations of practice meetings and consultations to investigate the outcomes of a complex intervention to promote self-management (in particular exercise) for osteoarthritis in primary care settings. We argue that nurses interpreted the intervention as underpinned by the need to educate rather than work with patients, and, drawing from Habermasian theory, we argue that expert medicalised knowledge (system) clashed with lay ‘lifeworld’ prerogatives in an uneven communicative arena (the consultation). In turn, the advice and instructions given to patients were not always commensurate with their ‘lifeworld’. Consequently, patients struggled to embed exercise routines into their daily lives for reasons of unsuitable locality, sense-making that ‘home’ was an inappropriate place to exercise and using embodied knowledge to test the efficacy of exercise on pain. We conclude by arguing that using Habermasian theory helped to understand reasons why the trial failed to increase exercise levels. Our findings suggest that communication styles influence the outcomes of self-management interventions, reinforce the utility of theoretically informed qualitative research embedded within trials to improve conduct and outcomes and indicate incorporating perspectives from human geography can enhance Habermas-informed research and theorising.
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Kılınç S, Erdem H, Healey R, Cole J. Finding meaning and purpose: a framework for the self-management of neurological conditions. Disabil Rehabil 2020; 44:219-230. [DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1764115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Stephanie Kılınç
- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
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- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
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- School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Law, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK
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- Neuro Key (working title of the Tees Valley, Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance), Acklam Green Centre, Middlesbrough, UK
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Øversveen E. Stratified users and technologies of empowerment: theorising social inequalities in the use and perception of diabetes self-management technologies. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2020; 42:862-876. [PMID: 32072666 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Medical technologies of various kinds play an increasingly important role in medical treatment, but may also increase health inequalities if they are primarily used by high-status patients. While many have problematised inequalities in the material access to medical technologies, differences in use and perception are also salient for explaining the relationship between medical technologies and health inequalities. This article attempts to theorise these inequalities by bringing health inequality research into dialogue with social constructivist perspectives on user-technology relations. Based on qualitative interview data from a case study of the technological self-management of type 1 diabetes, I construct three clusters of technological practices and perceptions corresponding to three broad user types. These user types are then discussed in the context of patient empowerment and the promotion of the active, autonomous and self-reflective 'expert' patient in European health care systems. To the extent that they materialise and enforce institutional expectations which only the most resourceful patients will be able to live up to, medical technologies may serve to entrench and legitimate social inequalities in health and medical care. Research therefore needs not only to consider how medical technologies are distributed, but also their design and appropriation by users.
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- Emil Øversveen
- Department of Sociology and Political Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trodheim, Norway
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Marshman Z, Kettle JE, Holmes RD, Cunningham KB, Freeman R, Gibson BJ, McColl E, Maguire A, Douglas GVA, Clarkson JE, Innes NPT. Dental professionals' experiences of managing children with carious lesions in their primary teeth - a qualitative study within the FiCTION randomised controlled trial. BMC Oral Health 2020; 20:64. [PMID: 32131801 PMCID: PMC7057668 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-020-1051-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background The lack of evidence for the effective management of carious lesions in children’s primary teeth has caused uncertainty for the dental profession and patients. Possible approaches include conventional and biological management alongside best practice prevention, and best practice prevention alone. The FiCTION trial assessed the effectiveness of these options, and included a qualitative study exploring dental professionals’ (DPs) experiences of delivering the different treatment arms. This paper reports on how DPs managed children with carious lesions within FiCTION and how this related to their everyday experiences of doing dentistry. Methods Overall, 31 DPs from FiCTION-trained dental surgeries in four regions of the UK participated in semi-structured interviews about their experiences of the three treatment arms (conventional management of carious lesions and prevention (C + P), biological management of carious lesions and prevention (B + P) or prevention alone (PA)). A theoretical framework, drawing on social practice theory (SPT), was developed for analysis. Results Participants discussed perceived effectiveness of, and familiarity with, the three techniques. The C + P arm was familiar, but some participants questioned the effectiveness of conventional restorations. Attitudes towards the B + P arm varied in terms of familiarity, but once DPs were introduced to the techniques, this was seen as effective. While prevention was familiar, PA was described as ineffective. DPs manage children with carious lesions day-to-day, drawing on previous experience and knowledge of the child to provide what they view as the most appropriate treatment in the best interests of each child. Randomisation undermined these normal choices. Several DPs reported deviating from the trial arms in order to treat a patient in a particular way. Participants valued evidence-based dentistry, and expect to use the results of FiCTION to inform future practice. They anticipate continuing to use the full range of treatment options, and to personally select appropriate strategies for individual children. Conclusions RCTs take place in the context of day-to-day practices of doing dentistry. DPs employ experiential and interpersonal knowledge to act in the best interests of their patients. Randomisation within a clinical trial can present a source of tension for DPs, which has implications for assuring individual equipoise in future trials.
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- Zoe Marshman
- School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK
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- School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK
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- School of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- School of Medicine, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9TF, UK
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- Dental Health Services Research Unit, School of Dentistry, Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
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- School of Clinical Dentistry, Claremont Crescent, Sheffield, S10 2TA, UK
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- Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, 4th Floor, William Leech Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- School of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Dental Health Services Research Unit, School of Dentistry, Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK
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- School of Dentistry, University of Dundee, Park Place, Dundee, DD1 4HN, UK.
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Calman L, Radcliffe E, Berman R, Demain S, Restorick-Banks S, Richardson A, Wagland R, Foster C. The ENABLE study protocol: Understanding and characterising the value and role of self-management support for people living with cancer that is treatable but not curable. Eur J Cancer Care (Engl) 2020; 29:e13217. [PMID: 31958343 DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Attention is turning to the needs of people living with treatable but incurable cancer, a group with complex needs, living with uncertainty over time. More research is needed to understand how this group self-manage the impact of cancer to strengthen the evidence base for interventions. This study aims to understand the value and outcomes of self-management support for people living with treatable but incurable cancer. METHODS Qualitative longitudinal methods will examine how support needs change over time in relation to self-management and unpredictable disease trajectories. Thirty patients and 30 carers will be recruited from two hospitals, each participating in three interviews over 1 year. Patients will be purposively sampled according to age, gender, cancer type and anticipated survival. Carers will be recruited via nomination by patients but interviewed separately. One-off interviews will be conducted with 20 healthcare professionals, providing data from multiple perspectives. Based on interview findings, a modified Delphi process will map areas of consensus and disparity regarding conceptualisations and outcomes of self-management support. CONCLUSION The key output will be practice recommendations in relation to self-management support, producing evidence to inform service innovation for those living with treatable but incurable cancer.
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- Lynn Calman
- Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Human Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Macmillan Survivorship Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Franklin M, Willis K, Lewis S, Rogers A, Smith L. Between knowing and doing person-centredness: A qualitative examination of health professionals’ perceptions of roles in self-management support. Health (London) 2019; 25:339-356. [DOI: 10.1177/1363459319889087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Self-management is a contemporary model of chronic condition care that places expectations on, and roles for, both patients and health professionals. Health professionals are expected to form partnerships with their patients, and patients are expected to be active participants in their own care. In these new roles, control and responsibility for self-management are shared between people with chronic conditions and their health professionals. We still have limited knowledge about how these new roles are enacted in self-management support. In this article, we examine how health professionals perceive the roles of patients and professionals in chronic condition self-management, drawing on Bourdieu’s concepts of field, doxa and capital. In this qualitative study, 32 in-depth interviews were conducted with 11 health professionals in Sydney, Australia. Data were analysed thematically. Three themes were derived. First, there was incongruence between how participants characterised and enacted their roles. Second, participants compartmentalised clinical and non-clinical aspects of self-management support. Finally, the roles of health professionals entwined with emotions and judgements of patienthood revealed that the provision of self-management support was linked to a fit between individuals’ cultural health capital and the expectations governing the field. We argue that ‘taken for granted’ assumptions about self-management and self-management support must be challenged to mitigate negative social representations and unrealistic expectations placed on patients and health professionals, particularly those patients with less capital, who are more marginalised within clinical interactions.
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- La Trobe University, Australia
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
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- University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Luca NR, Hibbert S, McDonald R. Understanding behaviour change in context: examining the role of midstream social marketing programmes. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2019; 41:1373-1395. [PMID: 31099093 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This research examines how midstream social marketing programmes that adopt a relational and community-based approach create opportunities for individuals to make incremental changes to health behaviour. Specifically, it applies Bourdieusian theory to explore how interactions between community healthcare workers (CHWs) and members of the public generate impetus for change and foster individual agency for improved health. Qualitative interviews were carried out with members of the public and CHWs engaged in a Smokefree home and cars initiative. The findings suggest that although CHWs are challenged by resource constraints, their practices in working with individuals and families build trust and enable dialogue that bridges smoking-related health insight with home logics. These interactions can promote individual agency with a transformative effect through small changes to smoking-related dispositions, norms and practices. However, tensions with the habitus of other household members and other capital deficits can inhibit progress towards embedding new practices. The study concludes that interventions built upon community relationships show potential for addressing limitations of information-focused campaigns but there is a need to also respond to key social structures relating to the field of action for new health dispositions to become embedded in practice.
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- Nadina R Luca
- York Management School, University of York, York, UK
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- Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Franklin M, Lewis S, Willis K, Rogers A, Venville A, Smith L. Goals for living with a chronic condition: The relevance of temporalities, dispositions, and resources. Soc Sci Med 2019; 233:13-20. [PMID: 31150928 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Premised on the idea that setting goals motivates action and allocation of resources toward a desired future state, goal-setting has become a key component of self-management support. The notions that underpin goal-setting situate self-management firmly within the control and responsibility of individuals. Yet, we argue that goals are not solely individual pursuits to be achieved if individuals have the right knowledge and enough motivation; rather, they are social products, influenced by individual and collective subjectivities, which are structured over time. OBJECTIVE Drawing primarily on Bourdieu's concept of habitus, along with capital and field, we examine how goals are constructed in self-management support encounters. METHOD Seventeen patient-professional dyads comprising 15 patients and 11 health professionals were interviewed on up to three occasions. In total 64 semi-structured interviews were conducted between 2015 and 2017 in Sydney, Australia. RESULTS Goals were manifested through patient participants' expressions of goal agency (as self-owned wants and opportunities; responsibilities to self and others; or necessities); goal-oriented dispositions (determined; responsible; or powerless); temporal orientations (past, present or future); and access to resources to support self-management. These characteristics were grouped into three typologies: 'Goals as opportunities'; 'From goals to responsibilities'; and 'Necessities when living precariously'. CONCLUSIONS The way goals were constructed was structured over time by present experiences superimposed on past experiences and access to resources. These findings help broaden understandings of the tensions between patient and professionals' goals for living well with chronic conditions and draw attention to the need for structural change to support people to live well with their chronic conditions.
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- Marika Franklin
- College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia.
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- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia; Allied Health Research, Royal Hospital of Melbourne, Australia
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
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- College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Australia
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Franklin M, Lewis S, Willis K, Rogers A, Venville A, Smith L. Controlled, Constrained, or Flexible? How Self-Management Goals Are Shaped By Patient-Provider Interactions. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2019; 29:557-567. [PMID: 29871583 DOI: 10.1177/1049732318774324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A person-centered approach to goal-setting, involving collaboration between patients and health professionals, is advocated in policy to support self-management. However, this is difficult to achieve in practice, reducing the potential effectiveness of self-management support. Drawing on observations of consultations between patients and health professionals, we examined how goal-setting is shaped in patient-provider interactions. Analysis revealed three distinct interactional styles. In controlled interactions, health professionals determine patients' goals based on biomedical reference points and present these goals as something patients should do. In constrained interactions, patients are invited to present goals, yet health professionals' language and questions orientate goals toward biomedical issues. In flexible interactions, patients and professionals both contribute to goal-setting, as health professionals use less directive language, create openings, and allow patients to decide on their goals. Findings suggest that interactional style of health professionals could be the focus of interventions when aiming to increase the effectiveness of goal-setting.
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- The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Gardner T, Refshauge K, McAuley J, Hübscher M, Goodall S, Smith L. Combined education and patient-led goal setting intervention reduced chronic low back pain disability and intensity at 12 months: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Sports Med 2019; 53:1424-1431. [PMID: 30808666 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND One model of care that has not been tested for chronic low back pain (LBP) is patient-led goal setting. We aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and healthcare use of a patient-led goal setting approach (intervention) with simple advice to exercise (control) over 12 months. METHODS An assessor-blinded randomised controlled trial. Intervention was education combined with patient-led goal setting compared with a control group receiving a standardised exercise programme. The primary outcomes were back pain disability and pain intensity. Secondary outcomes were quality of life, kinesiophobia, self-efficacy, depression, anxiety and stress. Outcomes and healthcare use were assessed immediately post-treatment (2 months) and after 4 and 12 months. Analysis was by intention to treat. RESULTS Seventy-five patients were randomly assigned to either the intervention (n=37) or the control (n=38) group. Using linear mixed model analyses, adjusted mean changes in primary outcomes of disability and pain intensity were greater in the intervention group than in the control group (disability post-treatment: p<0.05). These differences were clinically meaningful. Mean differences in all secondary measures were greater in the intervention group than in the control group (p<0.05). There was no difference in healthcare use between groups over 12 months. CONCLUSION A patient-led goal setting intervention was significantly more effective than advice to exercise for improving outcomes in disability, pain intensity, quality of life, self-efficacy and kinesiophobia in chronic LBP. These improvements were maintained at 12 months. Smaller effects were seen in measures of depression, anxiety and stress. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ACTRN12614000830695.
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- Tania Gardner
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Health Economics Research & Evaluation, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Hay E, Dziedzic K, Foster N, Peat G, van der Windt D, Bartlam B, Blagojevic-Bucknall M, Edwards J, Healey E, Holden M, Hughes R, Jinks C, Jordan K, Jowett S, Lewis M, Mallen C, Morden A, Nicholls E, Ong BN, Porcheret M, Wulff J, Kigozi J, Oppong R, Paskins Z, Croft P. Optimal primary care management of clinical osteoarthritis and joint pain in older people: a mixed-methods programme of systematic reviews, observational and qualitative studies, and randomised controlled trials. PROGRAMME GRANTS FOR APPLIED RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.3310/pgfar06040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is the most common long-term condition managed in UK general practice. However, care is suboptimal despite evidence that primary care and community-based interventions can reduce OA pain and disability.ObjectivesThe overall aim was to improve primary care management of OA and the health of patients with OA. Four parallel linked workstreams aimed to (1) develop a health economic decision model for estimating the potential for cost-effective delivery of primary care OA interventions to improve population health, (2) develop and evaluate new health-care models for delivery of core treatments and support for self-management among primary care consulters with OA, and to investigate prioritisation and implementation of OA care among the public, patients, doctors, health-care professionals and NHS trusts, (3) determine the effectiveness of strategies to optimise specific components of core OA treatment using the example of exercise and (4) investigate the effect of interventions to tackle barriers to core OA treatment, using the example of comorbid anxiety and depression in persons with OA.Data sourcesThe North Staffordshire Osteoarthritis Project database, held by Keele University, was the source of data for secondary analyses in workstream 1.MethodsWorkstream 1 used meta-analysis and synthesis of published evidence about effectiveness of primary care treatments, combined with secondary analysis of existing longitudinal population-based cohort data, to identify predictors of poor long-term outcome (prognostic factors) and design a health economic decision model to estimate cost-effectiveness of different hypothetical strategies for implementing optimal primary care for patients with OA. Workstream 2 used mixed methods to (1) develop and test a ‘model OA consultation’ for primary care health-care professionals (qualitative interviews, consensus, training and evaluation) and (2) evaluate the combined effect of a computerised ‘pop-up’ guideline for general practitioners (GPs) in the consultation and implementing the model OA consultation on practice and patient outcomes (parallel group intervention study). Workstream 3 developed and investigated in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) how to optimise the effect of exercise in persons with knee OA by tailoring it to the individual and improving adherence. Workstream 4 developed and investigated in a cluster RCT the extent to which screening patients for comorbid anxiety and depression can improve OA outcomes. Public and patient involvement included proposal development, project steering and analysis. An OA forum involved public, patient, health professional, social care and researcher representatives to debate the results and formulate proposals for wider implementation and dissemination.ResultsThis programme provides evidence (1) that economic modelling can be used in OA to extrapolate findings of cost-effectiveness beyond the short-term outcomes of clinical trials, (2) about ways of implementing support for self-management and models of optimal primary care informed by National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommendations, including the beneficial effects of training in a model OA consultation on GP behaviour and of pop-up screens in GP consultations on the quality of prescribing, (3) against adding enhanced interventions to current effective physiotherapy-led exercise for knee OA and (4) against screening for anxiety and depression in patients with musculoskeletal pain as an addition to current best practice for OA.ConclusionsImplementation of evidence-based care for patients with OA is feasible in general practice and has an immediate impact on improving the quality of care delivered to patients. However, improved levels of quality of care, changes to current best practice physiotherapy and successful introduction of psychological screening, as achieved by this programme, did not substantially reduce patients’ pain and disability. This poses important challenges for clinical practice and OA research.LimitationsThe key limitation in this work is the lack of improvement in patient-reported pain and disability despite clear evidence of enhanced delivery of evidence-based care.Future work recommendations(1) New thinking and research is needed into the achievable and desirable long-term goals of care for people with OA, (2) continuing investigation into the resources needed to properly implement clinical guidelines for management of OA as a long-term condition, such as regular monitoring to maintain exercise and physical activity and (3) new research to identify subgroups of patients with OA as a basis for stratified primary care including (i) those with good prognosis who can self-manage with minimal investigation or specialist treatment, (ii) those who will respond to, and benefit from, specific interventions in primary care, such as physiotherapy-led exercise, and (iii) develop research into effective identification and treatment of clinically important anxiety and depression in patients with OA and into the effects of pain management on psychological outcomes in patients with OA.Trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN06984617, ISRCTN93634563 and ISRCTN40721988.FundingThis project was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme and will be published in full inProgramme Grants for Applied Research Programme; Vol. 6, No. 4. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.
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- Elaine Hay
- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
- Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
- Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
- Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK
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Larsen T. Nurses' elicitation of patient error as a practice in training end-stage renal patients in automated home peritoneal dialysis. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2018; 40:807-827. [PMID: 29573433 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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As part of a reorganisation of the delivery of health care in Denmark therapies for chronic medical conditions are moved out of hospitals and disease-specific patient education programmes instituted to train patients to assume responsibility for treating their disease at home, that is, perform tasks and functions traditionally done by healthcare professionals. Drawing on video-recordings (90:25h) from a programme for self-management of end-stage renal disease through automated home peritoneal dialysis, the study employs conversation analysis to examine nurses' instructional practices for providing patients with the necessary knowledge, skill and competences. Showing training to rely on an error-based monitoring strategy, the study demonstrates that rather than solely waiting for random errors to emerge, nurses on occasion steer patients towards specific errors to bring about particular instructional opportunities. Surprising given the seriousness of the therapy, this elicitation of error is shown to reflect a deliberate instructional choice; nurses promote select errors to impart patients with an understanding of the procedural logic behind the therapy and medical technology. The study argues that training patients for chronic disease self-management and providing them with a proficiency level, normally associated with certified professionals, necessitates pushing patients beyond what is strictly accurate and exposing them to medically delicate events.
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- Tine Larsen
- Department of Design and Communication, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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McDougall A, Kinsella EA, Goldszmidt M, Harkness K, Strachan P, Lingard L. Beyond the realist turn: a socio-material analysis of heart failure self-care. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2018; 40:218-233. [PMID: 29349880 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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For patients living with chronic illnesses, self-care has been linked with positive outcomes such as decreased hospitalisation, longer lifespan, and improved quality of life. However, despite calls for more and better self-care interventions, behaviour change trials have repeatedly fallen short on demonstrating effectiveness. The literature on heart failure (HF) stands as a case in point, and a growing body of HF studies advocate realist approaches to self-care research and policymaking. We label this trend the 'realist turn' in HF self-care. Realist evaluation and realist interventions emphasise that the relationship between self-care interventions and positive health outcomes is not fixed, but contingent on social context. This paper argues socio-materiality offers a productive framework to expand on the idea of social context in realist accounts of HF self-care. This study draws on 10 interviews as well as researcher reflections from a larger study exploring health care teams for patients with advanced HF. Leveraging insights from actor-network theory (ANT), this study provides two rich narratives about the contextual factors that influence HF self-care. These descriptions portray not self-care contexts but self-care assemblages, which we discuss in light of socio-materiality.
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- Allan McDougall
- Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for Education Research and Innovation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada
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Potter CM, Kelly L, Hunter C, Fitzpatrick R, Peters M. The context of coping: a qualitative exploration of underlying inequalities that influence health services support for people living with long-term conditions. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2018; 40:130-145. [PMID: 29023822 PMCID: PMC5846884 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Coping with chronic illness encapsulates both practical and emotional aspects of living life in relation to one's long-term health condition(s). Dominant health psychology approaches for understanding coping, which underpin a more recent policy discourse on 'self-management', focus sharply on the person affected by illness and potentially mask the influence of overarching social structure. In this paper we draw on qualitative interviews with 48 people living with long-term conditions (LTCs), in order to highlight the role that structural configurations such as healthcare systems may play in either helping or hindering people's efforts to cope with chronic illness. We argue that coping is a social process in which health and related services, situated within their wider political-economic contexts, play an active role in shaping people's attempts to live well with LTCs. More specifically, health systems are sites of social and cultural capital exchange that can differentially mobilise coping resources through access, continuity of care, and coordination across services. Whilst it is essential to recognise the personal agency of people living with chronic illness, it is also vital to acknowledge the underlying inequalities that affect the ways in which services can support such resourcefulness.
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- Caroline M. Potter
- Health Services Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population HealthUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) OxfordOxfordUK
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- Health Services Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population HealthUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) OxfordOxfordUK
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- Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Health Services Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population HealthUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Department of Health EnglandQORU: Quality and Outcomes of Person‐centred Care Policy Research UnitUK
- NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) OxfordOxfordUK
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- Health Services Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population HealthUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
- Department of Health EnglandQORU: Quality and Outcomes of Person‐centred Care Policy Research UnitUK
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Spencer-Bonilla G, Ponce OJ, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Alvarez-Villalobos N, Erwin PJ, Larrea-Mantilla L, Rogers A, Montori VM. A systematic review and meta-analysis of trials of social network interventions in type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e016506. [PMID: 28827256 PMCID: PMC5629689 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In the care of patients with type 2 diabetes, self-management is emphasised and studied while theory and observations suggest that patients also benefit from social support. We sought to assess the effect of social network interventions on social support, glycaemic control and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We searched Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EBM Reviews, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINAHL through April 2017 for randomised clinical trials (RCTs) of social network interventions in patients with type 2 diabetes. Reviewers working independently and in duplicate assessed eligibility and risk of bias, and extracted data from eligible RCTs. We pooled estimates using inverse variance random effects meta-analysis. RESULTS We found 19 eligible RCTs enrolling 2319 participants. Social network interventions were commonly based on individual behaviour change rather than social or interpersonal theories of self-management, were educational, and sought to engage social network members for their knowledge and experience. Interventions improved social support (0.74 SD (95% CI 0.32 to 1.15), I2=89%, 8 RCTs) and haemoglobin A1c at 3 months (-0.25 percentage points (95% CI -0.40 to -0.11), I2=12%, 9 RCTs), but not quality of life. CONCLUSIONS Despite a compelling theoretical base, researchers have only minimally studied the value of interventions targeting patients' social networks on diabetes care. Although the body of evidence to date is limited, and based on individual behaviour change theories, the results are promising. This review challenges the scientific community to design and test theory-based interventions that go beyond self-management approaches to focus on the largely untapped potential of social networks to improve diabetes care. PROSPERO REGISTRATION CRD42016036117.
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Dr Jose E. Gonzalez, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Department of Medical Statistics, University Hospital Dr Jose E. Gonzalez Autonomous,University of Nuevo Leo, Mexico, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Evidence-Based Practice Centre Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Bartys S, Frederiksen P, Bendix T, Burton K. System influences on work disability due to low back pain: An international evidence synthesis. Health Policy 2017; 121:903-912. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Burridge LH, Foster MM, Donald M, Zhang J, Russell AW, Jackson CL. A qualitative follow-up study of diabetes patients' appraisal of an integrated diabetes service in primary care. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2017; 25:1031-1040. [PMID: 27782342 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/25/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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As the prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to escalate, health system reform is seeking better patient outcomes through new models of care that aim to provide the most appropriate care when needed. Patients' experiences of service innovations can shed light on the successes and challenges of implementing change. This paper explores patients' views of a new model of integrated care for patients with type 2 diabetes. A mixed-methods, randomised control trial evaluated a beacon clinic model of care for complex type 2 diabetes led by specialist general practitioners (GPs) in primary care settings in Brisbane, Australia. In this qualitative sub-study conducted between May 2014 and January 2015, 25 consenting participants were re-interviewed after 12 months using semi-structured questions, to explore their experiences of the new model of care. Interview transcripts were analysed thematically. In the first theme, Organised for patient-centred care, patients appraised the structural elements of the clinic. For most, it was an enabling experience which included convenience, flexibility and prompt communication back to the referring GPs. The preferences of a minority were partly realised, as they tried to understand the clinical purpose in comparison with traditional care. The second theme, Positioned as partners in care, revealed the pivotal role of patient-clinician relationships in patients' engagement with advice and self-care. Most found clinicians' collaborative approach engaging and motivating. A small minority with contextual concerns were disappointed with the focus on diabetes and struggled to engage fully with the model. Most participants valued this model of care, which reflects a capacity to manage the variable and complex needs of most patients referred for care. However, multi-level strategies are also needed to enhance patients' engagement with care and the sustainability of integrated diabetes care.
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- Letitia H Burridge
- Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospitals, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Human Services and Social Work, Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland and School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
- School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Discipline of General Practice, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland and School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Davies F, Wood F, Bullock A, Wallace C, Edwards A. Interventions to improve the self-management support health professionals provide for people with progressive neurological conditions: protocol for a realist synthesis. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e014575. [PMID: 28320798 PMCID: PMC5372053 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-014575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Supporting self-management among people with long-term conditions is recognised as an important component of healthcare. Progressive neurological conditions (PNCs), for example, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis are associated with problems such as fatigue and cognitive impairment which may make self-management more challenging. Health professionals may need to develop specific skills in order to provide effective self-management support for these patients. The review aims to develop explanatory theories about how health professional-targeted interventions to improve self-management support provision for people with PNCs operate in different circumstances. METHODS AND ANALYSIS A realist synthesis of the evidence is proposed. There are 2 priority questions for the review to address. These relate to the role of a shared concept of self-management support within the healthcare team, and the need to tailor the support provided to the requirements of people with PNCs. Key stakeholders will be involved throughout the process. The initial search strategy uses terms relating to (1) self-management, (2) health professionals and (3) PNCs. Searching, data extraction and synthesis will occur in parallel. Studies will be prioritised for inclusion based on anticipated contribution to generating explanatory theories. Key informant interviews are planned to direct supplementary searches and help further refine the theories developed. Results will be expressed in the form of context-mechanism-outcome configurations. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Publication guidelines on realist synthesis will be followed. The results will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and made available to organisations involved in the provision of health professional training.
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- Freya Davies
- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Cardiff Unit for Research and Evaluation in Medical and Dental Education, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
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- Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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Vassilev I, Rogers A, Todorova E, Kennedy A, Roukova P. The articulation of neoliberalism: narratives of experience of chronic illness management in Bulgaria and the UK. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2017; 39:349-364. [PMID: 27813115 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The shift from social democratic to a neoliberal consensus in modern welfare capitalist states is characterised by an emphasis on individual responsibility, consumer choice, market rationality and growing social inequalities. There has been little exploration of how neoliberalism has shaped the environment within which chronic illness is experienced and managed. This article explores the different articulations of neoliberalism manifest in the arena of personal illness management in Bulgaria and the UK. People with type 2 diabetes discussed their experiences in terms of struggling with diet, diabetes as a personal failure, integrating illness management and valued activities, and the trustworthiness of the healthcare system. The UK narratives were framed within an individual responsibility discourse while in Bulgaria lack of resources dominated discussions, which were framed as structurally generated and unrelated to individual capabilities and choices. Respondents faced personal management challenges related to consumer and healthcare market failures in both countries. Differences in market regulation and emerging stakeholder and interest coalitions influenced users' expectations and their navigation and adaption to market failures in managing their everyday illnesses. The UK and Bulgarian articulations of neoliberalism can be described differently: the first as a logic of managed choice and the second as a logic of unmanaged consumerism.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
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- Department of Economic Sociology, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, UK
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- Department of Geography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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van de Bovenkamp HM, Dwarswaard J. The complexity of shaping self-management in daily practice. Health Expect 2017; 20:952-960. [PMID: 28152248 PMCID: PMC5600231 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background and context Many countries are giving patients a more active role in health care, on both the individual and collective level. This study focuses on one aspect of the participation agenda on the individual level: self‐management. The study explores self‐management in practice, including the implications of the difficulties encountered. Objective To gain insight into the complexity of self‐management practice. This is crucial for developing both self‐management interventions and the participation policy agenda. Methods Qualitative semi‐structured interviews with experts (n=6) and patients with a chronic condition (n=20). Results In terms of level of involvement and type of activity, shaping self‐management in practice depends on personal and social dynamics, patients’ ideas of the good life and their interactions with care professionals. Clashes can arise when patients and professionals hold differing ideas, based on different values, about the level and type of patient involvement. Discussion The discussion on self‐management should account for the fact that how we define self‐management is very much a normative issue. It depends on the norms and values of patients, professionals and underlying health‐care policies. Differing ideas present professionals with ethical dilemmas which they should reflect on. However, professional reflection alone is not enough to deal with these dilemmas. The participation agenda needs far wider ranging reflection on how participation relates to other values in health care.
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- Research Centre Innovations of Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Knutsen IR, Foss IC, Todorova E, Roukova P, Kennedy A, Portillo MC, Regaira E, Serrano-Gil M, Lionis C, Angelaki A, Rogers A. Negotiating Diet in Networks: A Cross-European Study of the Experiences of Managing Type 2 Diabetes. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2017; 27:299-310. [PMID: 26515920 DOI: 10.1177/1049732315610318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Food and diet are central aspects of diabetes self-management but the relevance of social networks for the way people are supported in their management of type 2 diabetes is often under-acknowledged. In this article, we aimed to explore the coalescences between these two phenomena among people with type 2 diabetes to increase knowledge of interactions within social network related to daily diet. The article is based on 125 qualitative interviews with individuals with type 2 diabetes from five European countries. Based on assumptions that people with chronic illnesses reshape relationships through negotiation, we analyzed negotiations of food at different levels of network. The respondents' reflections indicate that there are complex negotiations that influence self-management and food, including support, knowledge, and relationships within families; attention and openness in social situations; and the premises and norms of society.
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- 2 University of World and National Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- 3 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- 4 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Frost J, Grose J, Britten N. A qualitative investigation of lay perspectives of diagnosis and self-management strategies employed by people with progressive multiple sclerosis. Health (London) 2016; 21:316-336. [PMID: 28521647 DOI: 10.1177/1363459316674787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This article explores how people with progressive multiple sclerosis give meaning to their experiences. It builds upon the self-management literature, which has captured the tension between the desire for retaining normalcy and the increasing burden of self-management associated with chronic disease progression. This repeat interview study is empirically grounded in 28 interviews with 14 people with progressive multiple sclerosis. We identified gender differences in diagnosis-seeking which impacted subsequent sense-making. Male respondents found a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis difficult to come to terms with, and an enduring sense of loss or anger could inhibit further sense-making. A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was more difficult to obtain for women respondents, and any sense of certainty that diagnosis provided framed their subsequent sense-making strategies. The complex sequelae of multiple sclerosis require that self-management strategies are both contextual and timely, although even the most accomplished self-managers can lose their sense of self with neurodegeneration. Disease progression can be associated with suicidal ideation, suggesting the need for greater dialogue to ensure that people with multiple sclerosis are adequately supported to fulfil their quality of life at all stages of neurodegeneration. These lay perspectives emphasise the articulation of affect rather than the rendering of a medical diagnosis, although diagnosis may provide a degree of certainty in the short term. The ethos of self-management ensures people attempt to retain their sense of 'normality' and existent social roles for as long as possible, but this ethos can negate both one's ability to self-manage and the management of self.
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Foss C, Knutsen I, Kennedy A, Todorova E, Wensing M, Lionis C, Portillo MC, Serrano-Gil M, Koetsenruijter J, Mujika A, Rogers A. Connectivity, contest and the ties of self-management support for type 2 diabetes: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY 2016; 24:672-686. [PMID: 26429546 DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This paper presents a meta-synthesis of the literature on community-based self-management to support experiences of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The aim was to synthesise findings on both formal and informal self-management support with particular reference to the relevance and influence of the social context operating at different levels. The review forms part of EU-WISE, a project financed through EU's 7th Framework Programme. The review was performed by systematically searching MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Web of Science for English language publications between 2005 and 2014 presenting research conducted in Europe on the experiences and perspectives of self-management concerns of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The search yielded 587 abstracts, which were reduced through search strategy refinement and eligibility and quality criteria to 29 papers that were included in the review. This review highlights the relevance of contextual factors operating at micro- and macro-levels. The synthesis yielded six second-order thematic constructs relating to self-management: sense of agency and identity, the significance and meaning of social networks, minimal disruption of everyday life, economic hardship, the problem of assigning patients' responsibility and structural influences of primary care. Using a line of argument synthesis, these themes were revisited, and a third-order construct, connectivity emerged which refers to how links in daily life are interwoven with peoples' social networks, local communities, economic and ideological conditions in society in a way which support self-management activities. This meta-synthesis indicates a need to heed the notion of connectivity as a means of mobilising and supporting the self-management strategies of people with type 2 diabetes in everyday life.
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- Christina Foss
- Department of Nursing Sciences, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Department of Nursing Sciences, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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- Department of Economic Sociology, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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Jones F, Pöstges H, Brimicombe L. Building Bridges between healthcare professionals, patients and families: A coproduced and integrated approach to self-management support in stroke. NeuroRehabilitation 2016; 39:471-480. [DOI: 10.3233/nre-161379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Fiona Jones
- Faculty of Health Social Care and Education, St Georges University of London and Kingston University, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health Social Care and Education, St Georges University of London and Kingston University/Bridges Self-Management, London, UK
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- Faculty of Health Social Care and Education, St Georges University of London and Kingston University/Bridges Self-Management, London, UK
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Harries T, Rettie R. Walking as a social practice: dispersed walking and the organisation of everyday practices. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2016; 38:874-883. [PMID: 26853086 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This paper uses social practice theory to study the interweaving of walking into everyday practices and considers how greater awareness of everyday walking can influence its position within the organisation and scheduling of everyday life. Walking is of policy interest because of its perceived benefits for health. This paper asserts that increased awareness of everyday walking allows users to become more active without having to reschedule existing activities. Using Schatzki's distinction between dispersed and integrative practices, it argues that increasing awareness of dispersed walking can enlist walking into the teleoaffective organisation of some social practices and prompt the performance of new 'health practices' within everyday domains of life such as shopping and employment. While this analysis offers useful insights for the design of behaviour change strategies, it also points to some unintended consequences of using digital feedback to increase walking awareness. In directing the gaze of participants at one particular element of their daily practices, the paper suggests, digital walking feedback provides a 'partial' view of practices: by highlighting the exercise value of walking at the expense of other values it can prompt feedback recipients to pass moral judgements on themselves based on this partial view. A Virtual Abstract of this paper can be found at: https://youtu.be/WV7DUnKD5Mw.
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- Kingston Business School, Kingston University London, UK
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- Kingston Business School, Kingston University London, UK
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Dures E, Hewlett S, Ambler N, Jenkins R, Clarke J, Gooberman-Hill R. A qualitative study of patients' perspectives on collaboration to support self-management in routine rheumatology consultations. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2016; 17:129. [PMID: 26980141 PMCID: PMC4793532 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-0984-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-management of inflammatory arthritis (IA) requires patients to address the impact of symptoms, treatment, and the psychosocial consequences of a long term condition. There are several possible mechanisms for facilitating self-management, including patient-clinician interactions in routine consultations. This requires patients to collaborate in their healthcare, and clinicians to specifically encourage and help patients to do so. To design training that enables clinicians to support patients to be actively involved and self-manage requires understanding both patients' and clinicians' perspectives about what is important and feasible. Previous research explored the perspectives of clinicians who had undertaken brief training which they were putting into practice in their routine consultations. This study explored the perspectives of patients attending those routine consultations to identify aspects of the interaction that influenced collaboration and self-management. METHODS Nineteen patients with IA who had attended a routine consultation with a rheumatology clinician at one of four hospitals in England took part in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed, anonymised and analysed using inductive thematic analysis. RESULTS Three themes encompass participants' thoughts about interactions that facilitated collaboration in consultations and their ability to self-manage their IA: first, patients and clinicians viewing care as a shared endeavour, including patients responding actively to their IA and clinicians exploring and negotiating with patients; second, the need for clinicians to understand the challenges faced by patients, appreciate the impact of IA and focus on patients' priorities; and third, clinicians using an open communication style, including the use of non-didactic, patient-centred approaches. A fourth theme was perceived benefits of actively engaging in consultations, including increased confidence to deal with the impact of IA and greater acceptance of a long term condition. CONCLUSIONS Patients perceive that self-management can be facilitated when clinicians and patients view healthcare as a shared responsibility, underpinned by clinicians as experts in the disease and patients as experts in living with it. Clinicians can support patients' self-management by using non-didactic communication skills to identify patients' priorities, and to prompt patients to problem-solve and share in setting the consultation agenda. This should inform skills-training for rheumatology clinicians.
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- Emma Dures
- />Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- />Academic Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, BS2 8HW UK
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- />Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- />Pain Management Unit, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- />Academic Rheumatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- />Academic Rheumatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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Bossy D, Knutsen IR, Rogers A, Foss C. Group affiliation in self-management: support or threat to identity? Health Expect 2016; 20:159-170. [PMID: 26868829 PMCID: PMC5217888 DOI: 10.1111/hex.12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Self-management is considered important in chronic illness, and contemporary health policy recommends participation in support groups for individuals with chronic conditions. Although withdrawal from or non-participation in support groups is an important problem, there is limited knowledge about individuals' own motivation for participation in or withdrawal from self-management support groups. OBJECTIVES To investigate how individuals with type 2 diabetes perceive participation in group-based self-management support. DESIGN This is a qualitative focus group study using a semi-structured interview guide. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Sixteen participants diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were included in the study. Individuals with and without group affiliations were mixed in three focus groups to trigger discussions. In the analysis, reoccurring themes of engagement and discussions between participants were focused within a theoretical frame of institutional logic. The focus groups are seen as social spaces where participants construct identity. RESULTS Both participation and non-participation in group-based self-management support are associated with dealing with the stigma of having type 2 diabetes. Negotiations contribute to constructing an illness dignity as a response to the logic of moral responsibility for the disease. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Contemporary policy contributes to societal understandings of individuals with type 2 diabetes as morally inadequate. Our study shows that group-based self-management support may counteract blame and contribute in negotiations of identity for individuals with type 2 diabetes. This mechanism makes participation in groups beneficial for some but stigma inducing for others.
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- Dagmara Bossy
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Learning and Mastery in Health, Aker Sykehus, Universitetssykehus HF, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- NIHR CLAHRC Wessex, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southampton, Hampshire, UK
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- Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Stenner P, Cross V, McCrum C, McGowan J, Defever E, Lloyd P, Poole R, Moore AP. Self-management of chronic low back pain: Four viewpoints from patients and healthcare providers. Health Psychol Open 2015; 2:2055102915615337. [PMID: 28070378 PMCID: PMC5193271 DOI: 10.1177/2055102915615337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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A move towards self-management is central to health strategy around chronic low back pain, but its concept and meaning for those involved are poorly understood. In the reported study, four distinct and shared viewpoints on self-management were identified among people with pain and healthcare providers using Q methodology. Each construes self-management in a distinctive manner and articulates a different vision of change. Identification of similarities and differences among the viewpoints holds potential for enhancing communication between patients and healthcare providers and for better understanding the complexities of self-management in practice.
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Moore L, Frost J, Britten N. Context and complexity: the meaning of self-management for older adults with heart disease. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2015; 37:1254-1269. [PMID: 26235674 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Self-management policies have presented opportunities for patients with long-term conditions to take control and actively improve their health. However, the work of self-management appears to be packaged in the form of essential and desirable skills and attributes required for success. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study, employing longitudinal diary interviews with 21 patients aged between 60 and 85 years diagnosed with coronary heart disease from three contrasting general practice areas. Drawing on concepts of the care of the self and the reflexive self, this article presents the diversity of self-management practices by older patients in the context of their lifeworld. Illustrated through individual case studies, it clearly identifies where patients are engaged self-managers with the agency, knowledge and self-discipline to modify their behaviour for an improved health outcome. This study highlights their life and illness perspectives as well as those of patients who are burdened with emotional insecurity, comorbidities and caring responsibilities. It shows the spectrum of relationships with health professionals that influence engaged self-management. We suggest that policy initiatives that favour behavioural change neglect social context and the individualised practices that are a necessary response to structural and psychosocial constraints.
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- Lucy Moore
- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, UK
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Morden A, Ong BN, Brooks L, Jinks C, Porcheret M, Edwards JJ, Dziedzic KS. Introducing Evidence Through Research "Push": Using Theory and Qualitative Methods. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH 2015; 25:1560-1575. [PMID: 25656415 DOI: 10.1177/1049732315570120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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A multitude of factors can influence the uptake and implementation of complex interventions in health care. A plethora of theories and frameworks recognize the need to establish relationships, understand organizational dynamics, address context and contingency, and engage key decision makers. Less attention is paid to how theories that emphasize relational contexts can actually be deployed to guide the implementation of an intervention. The purpose of the article is to demonstrate the potential role of qualitative research aligned with theory to inform complex interventions. We detail a study underpinned by theory and qualitative research that (a) ensured key actors made sense of the complex intervention at the earliest stage of adoption and (b) aided initial engagement with the intervention. We conclude that using theoretical approaches aligned with qualitative research can provide insights into the context and dynamics of health care settings that in turn can be used to aid intervention implementation.
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- Andrew Morden
- Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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- Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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Self-monitoring, by which individuals record and appraise ongoing information about the status of their body in order to improve their health, has been a key element in the personal management of conditions such as diabetes, but it is now also increasingly used in relation to health-associated behaviours. The introduction of self-monitoring as an intervention to change behaviour is intended to provide feedback that can be used by individuals to both assess their status and provide ongoing support towards a goal that may be formally set or remains implicit. However, little attention has been paid to how individuals actually engage in the process or act upon the information they receive. This article addresses this by exploring how participants in a particular trial (‘Get Moving’) experienced the process and nature of feedback. Although the trial aimed to compare the potential efficacy of three different monitoring activities designed to encourage greater physical activity, participants did not present distinctly different accounts of each intervention and the specifics of the feedback provided. Instead, their accounts took the form of much more extended and personal narratives that included other people and features of the environment. We draw on these broader descriptions to problematise the notion of self-monitoring and conclude that self-monitoring is neither solely about ‘self’ nor is it exclusively about ‘monitoring’. We suggest that a more expansive social and material understanding of feedback can give insight into the ways information is made active and meaningful for individuals in their everyday contexts.
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- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
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Morden A, Jinks C, Ong BN. Temporally divergent significant meanings, biographical disruption and self-management for chronic joint pain. Health (London) 2015; 21:357-374. [PMID: 26293290 DOI: 10.1177/1363459315600773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Self-management is recommended by policy and clinical guidelines as a way to contend with the growing incidence of osteoarthritis-related joint pain in an ageing population. Sociologists assert that self-management is as much about lay strategies for dealing with the biographically disruptive qualities of chronic illness as opposed to solely complying with medical regimens. The original concept of biographical disruption coined by Bury is not uncontested. Chronic joint pain has been characterised as featuring 'co-existing meanings' of significance and consequence. The former conferring no biographical disruption due to osteoarthritis being associated with 'normal ageing' and the latter causing biographical disruption due to the corporeal limitations joint pain imparts, which, in turn, can influence whether, why and how self-management is undertaken. This article reports findings from repeat interviews and a diary study completed by 22 participants with chronic knee pain. We explore the co-existing but temporally divergent 'meanings as significance' associated with knee pain. Participants describe the onset and current experience of the pain in terms of biographical normality (retrospective or contemporaneous meanings). Future meanings as significance are mediated by cultural beliefs about ageing and current physical consequences of the condition, and also have a distinct character of their own. Knee pain is associated with the possibility of disability and harbours a distinct risk; potential disruption to everyday social relationships, notably relating to care and dependency. In turn, future meanings of significance influence the preventative self-management strategies that people utilise. We argue for a more cogent theoretical understanding of temporal dimensions of biographical disruption, biographical work and subsequent self-management by utilising and extending the thought of Bury, and Corbin and Strauss. Doing so helps to understand patient self-management strategies and facilitates self-management support in clinical settings for osteoarthritis and potentially other chronic conditions.
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McCluskey S, de Vries H, Reneman M, Brooks J, Brouwer S. 'I think positivity breeds positivity': a qualitative exploration of the role of family members in supporting those with chronic musculoskeletal pain to stay at work. BMC FAMILY PRACTICE 2015. [PMID: 26198218 PMCID: PMC4509776 DOI: 10.1186/s12875-015-0302-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background It is proposed that family members are important sources of support in helping those with chronic musculoskeletal pain to remain at work, but the phenomenon remains largely unexplored. The aim of this study was to examine the extent and nature of support provided by family members in this respect. Methods Qualitative data were collected from workers and their ‘significant others’ (spouses/partners/close family members) in two un-related studies focused on working with pain; one conducted in the United Kingdom (n = 10 dyads) and one in the Netherlands (n = 21 dyads). Thematic analysis techniques were applied to both sets of data independently, and findings were then assimilated to establish common themes. Results Findings were broadly similar in both studies. Workers acknowledged significant other support in helping them to manage their pain and remain at work, and their descriptions of the type of support provided and required were echoed by their significant others. Three common themes were identified - ‘connectivity’, ‘activity’ and ‘positivity’. Worker and significant other responses were largely congruent, but significant others provided more in-depth information on the nature of their support, their concerns and the impact on their relationship. Conclusions This research presents novel insights about the specific contribution made by significant others in helping their relatives with chronic musculoskeletal pain to stay at work. These findings add to the under-represented ‘social’ dimension of the biopsychosocial model currently applied to our understanding and treatment of pain, and point to harnessing support from significant others as a potentially effective management strategy.
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- Serena McCluskey
- Centre for Applied Psychological and Health Research, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Center for Rehabilitation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Centre for Applied Psychological and Health Research, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, UK.
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- Department of Health Sciences, Community and Occupational Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Morden A, Jinks C, Ong BN. Risk and self-managing chronic joint pain: looking beyond individual lifestyles and behaviour. SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH & ILLNESS 2015; 37:888-903. [PMID: 26171691 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.12248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Self-managing chronic musculoskeletal pain is predominantly framed within a discourse of modifying behaviour, or lifestyle risk factors such as diet, weight loss and exercise by policymakers, researcher and clinicians. Little research has been conducted which explores how 'risk' is understood or encountered by those with joint pain and how it may relate to self-management. Drawing from serial interviews and a diary study with 22 participants, the findings demonstrate that people with chronic pain engage in a process of assessing and adapting to hazardous or pain conferring situations in relation to daily activities. 'Risks' are embedded within a dialectic between corporeal experience and the design features of everyday social environments. Self-management, in this context, is not necessarily solely related to following clinical advice, rather it includes dealing with 'risks' of pain, hazards relating to bodily limitations and the environment, and ensuring the ability to continue with valued activities. Findings contribute to sociological understandings of self-management and risk while demonstrating the limits of viewing self-management as an individualised endeavour of changing behaviour.
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- Andrew Morden
- Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
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- Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
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- Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, UK
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Sattoe JNT, Bal MI, Roelofs PDDM, Bal R, Miedema HS, van Staa A. Self-management interventions for young people with chronic conditions: A systematic overview. PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING 2015; 98:704-715. [PMID: 25819373 DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Revised: 11/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To provide a systematic overview of self-management interventions (SMI) for young people with chronic conditions with respect to content, formats, theories, and evaluated outcomes. METHODS Embase, Medline, PsycINFO, Web-of-Science, CINAHL, and Cochrane were searched. Reviews' reference lists were scrutinized. Selected studies were: Original research articles in English published between 2003 and March 2014; about the evaluation of SMI for 7 to 25-year-olds with somatic chronic conditions/physical disabilities; with clear outcomes and intervention descriptions. The classification of medical, role and emotion management served to review content. Formats, theories, and evaluated outcomes were summarized. RESULTS 86 studies were reviewed. Most aimed at medical management and were unclear about theoretical bases. Although a variety of outcomes was evaluated and the distribution over self-management domains was quite unpredictable, outcomes conceptually related to specific content. A content-based framework for the evaluation of self-management interventions is presented. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS SMI relate to self-management tasks and skill-building. Yet, conceptualizations of self-management support often remained unclear and content focuses predominantly on the medical domain, neglecting psycho-social challenges for chronically ill young people. Future evaluations should match outcomes/themes to content and characteristics. Our framework and overview of SMI characteristics and outcomes may assist clinicians in providing self-management support.
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- Jane N T Sattoe
- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy & Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus Medical University, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy & Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Erasmus University Rotterdam, Institute of Health Policy & Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Mudge S, Kayes N, McPherson K. Who is in control? Clinicians' view on their role in self-management approaches: a qualitative metasynthesis. BMJ Open 2015; 5:e007413. [PMID: 25943372 PMCID: PMC4431068 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore clinician perceptions of involvement in delivery of self-management approaches. SETTING All healthcare settings. DESIGN EBSCO, Scopus and AMED databases were searched, in July 2013, for peer-reviewed studies in English reporting original qualitative data concerning perceptions of clinicians regarding their involvement in or integration of a self-management approach. Of 1930 studies identified, 1889 did not meet the inclusion criteria. Full text of 41 studies were reviewed by two independent reviewers; 14 papers were included for metasynthesis. Findings and discussion sections were imported into Nvivo-10 and coded line-by-line. Codes were organised into descriptive themes and cross-checked against original sources to check interpretation, and refined iteratively until findings represented an agreed understanding. Studies were appraised for quality. RESULTS Delivering self-management in practice appeared to be a complex process for many clinicians. The issue of 'control' arose in all studies, both in the qualitative data and authors' interpretations. The first theme: Who is in control?--represented ways clinicians talked of exercising control over patients and the control they expected patients to have over their condition. The second theme: Changing clinician views--reflected what appeared to be an essential transformation of practice experienced by some clinicians in the process of integrating self-management approaches into the practice. A range of challenges associated with shifting towards a self-management approach were reflected in the third theme, Overcoming challenges to change. Tensions appeared to exist around forming partnerships with patients. Strategies found helpful in the process of change included: dedicating time to practice reciprocity in communication style, peer support and self-reflection. CONCLUSIONS A consistent finding across studies is that 'control' is a key feature of how self-management is viewed by clinicians. They described challenges associated with the paradigm shift required to share or let go of control. Future research should identify whether strategies described by clinicians are key to successful self-management.
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- Suzie Mudge
- Centre for Person Centred Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Person Centred Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Centre for Person Centred Research, Faculty of Health and Environmental Science, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand
- Health Research Council of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand
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Porter T, Sanders T, Richardson J, Grime J, Ong BN. Living with multimorbidity: medical and lay healthcare approaches. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.2217/ijr.15.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Montini T, Graham ID. "Entrenched practices and other biases": unpacking the historical, economic, professional, and social resistance to de-implementation. Implement Sci 2015; 10:24. [PMID: 25889285 PMCID: PMC4339245 DOI: 10.1186/s13012-015-0211-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In their article on "Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted, unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices," Prasad and Ioannidis (IS 9:1, 2014) referred to extra-scientific "entrenched practices and other biases" that hinder evidence-based de-implementation. DISCUSSION Using the case example of the de-implementation of radical mastectomy, we disaggregated "entrenched practices and other biases" and analyzed the historical, economic, professional, and social forces that presented resistance to de-implementation. We found that these extra-scientific factors operated to sustain a commitment to radical mastectomy, even after the evidence slated the procedure for de-implementation, because the factors holding radical mastectomy in place were beyond the control of individual clinicians. We propose to expand de-implementation theory through the inclusion of extra-scientific factors. If the outcome to which we aim is appropriate and timely de-implementation, social scientific analysis will illuminate the context within which the healthcare practitioner practices and, in doing so, facilitate de-implementation by pointing to avenues that lead to systems change. The implications of our analysis lead us to contend that intervening in the broader context in which clinicians work--the social, political, and economic realms--rather than focusing on healthcare professionals' behavior, may indeed be a fruitful approach to effect change.
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- Theresa Montini
- The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, City University of New York, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY, 10031, USA.
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- School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada.
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