Experiences of health-promoting self-care in people living with rheumatic diseases

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1264-1272

  Arvidsson, Susann ^a,b   Bergman, Stefan ^a   Arvidsson, Barbro ^c,d   Fridlund, Bengt ^b   Tops, Anita Bengtsson ^e  

^a Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adults; Health promoting self care; Nursing; Phenomenology; Rheumatic diseases; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79955730899     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05585.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Albrecht G.L. & Devlieger P.J. (1999) The disability paradox: high quality of life against all odds. Social Science and Medicine 48(8), 977-988.
2. Arborelius E. (2001) Why are They not Doing as We Say? Theory and Practice About Affecting People's Lifestyles. Department of Public Health, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1-82.
3. Backman K. & Hentinen M. (2001) Factors associated with the self-care of home-dwelling elderly. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 15(3), 195-202.
4. Da Costa D., Dobkin P.L., Fitzcharles M.A., Fortin P.R., Beaulieu A., Zummer M., Senecal J.L., Goulet J.R., Rich E., Choquette D. & Clarke A.E. (2000) Determinants of health status in fibromyalgia: a comparative study with systemic lupus erythematosus. Journal of Rheumatology 27(2), 365-372.
5. Dahlberg K., Dahlberg H. & Nyström M. (2008) Reflective Lifeworld Research. Studentlitteratur, Lund.
6. Denyes M.J., Orem D.E. & SozWiss G.B. (2001) Self-care: a foundational science. Nursing Science Quarterly 14(1), 48-54.
7. Giorgi A. (1997) The theory, practice, and evaluation of the phenomenological method as a qualitative research procedure. Journal of Phenomenological Psychology 28(2), 235-253.
8. Giorgi A. (2009) The Descriptive Phenomenological Method in Psychology. A Modified Husserlian Approach. Duquesne University Press, Pittsburgh.
9. Hadert A. & Rodham K. (2008) The invisible reality of arthritis: a qualitative analysis of an online message board. Musculoskeletal Care 6(3), 181-196.
10. Husserl E. (1913) Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy. Thales, Stockholm.
11. Hwang E.J., Kim Y.H. & Jun S.S. (2004) Lived experience of Korean women suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a phenomenological approach. International Journal of Nursing Studies 41(3), 239-246.
12. Ibrahim S.A., Siminoff L.A., Burant C.J. & Kwoh C.K. (2001) Variation in perceptions of treatment and self-care practices in elderly with osteoarthritis: a comparison between African American and white patients. Arthritis and Rheumatism 45(4), 340-345.
13. Kralik D., Koch T., Price K. & Howard N. (2004) Chronic illness self-management: taking action to create order. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13(2), 259-267.
14. Malterud K. & Hollnagel H. (2004) Positive self-assessed general health in patients with medical problems. A qualitative study from general practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 22(1), 11-15.
15. Maly M.R. & Krupa T. (2007) Personal experience of living with knee osteoarthritis among older adults. Disability and Rehabilitation 29(18), 1423-1433.
16. McDonald-Miszczak L. & Wister A.V. (2005) Predicting self-care behaviors among older adults coping with arthritis: a cross-sectional and 1-year longitudinal comparative analysis. Journal of Aging and Health 17(6), 836-857.
17. Merleau-Ponty M. (1945) Phenomenology of Perception. Brutus Östlings Bokförlag Symposium, Stockholm.
18. Mitton D.L., Treharne G.J., Hale E.D., Williams R.A. & Kitas G.D. (2007) The health and life experiences of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis: a phenomenological study. Musculoskeletal Care 5(4), 191-205.
19. Neame R., Hammond A. & Deighton C. (2005) Need for information and for involvement in decision making among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a questionnaire survey. Arthritis and Rheumatism 53(2), 249-255.
20. Neumann L., Berzak A. & Buskila D. (2000) Measuring health status in Israeli patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and widespread pain and healthy individuals: utility of the short form 36-item health survey (SF-36). Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 29(6), 400-408.
21. Orem D.E. (2001) Nursing: Concepts of Practice. Mosby, St Louis, MO.
22. Polit D.F. & Beck C.T. (2010) Essentials of Nursing Research. Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice, 7th edn. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
23. Taylor B. (2001) Promoting self-help strategies by sharing the lived experience of arthritis. Contemporary Nurse 10(1-2), 117-125.
24. Vliet Vlieland T.P.M. (2007) Non-drug care for RA-is the era of evidence-based practice approaching? Rheumatology 46(9), 1397-1404.
25. WHO (2008) Chronic Rheumatic Conditions. Retrieved from on 11 June 2010.