Effectiveness of Chronic Disease Self-management Program in Japan: Preliminary report of a longitudinal study

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 456-463

  Yukawa, Keiko ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Yonekura, Yuki ^a   Togari, Taisuke ^b   Abbott, Fusae K ^c   Homma, Mieko ^a   Park, Minjeong ^a   Kagawa, Yumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAMUEL MERRITT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Diabetes; Japan; Rheumatic disease; Self efficacy; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 78650946638     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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