Aim: To critically appraise and synthesise qualitative evidence about patients' experiences of healthcare professionals' competence in digital counselling in healthcare settings.
Design: A qualitative systematic review.
Methods: The review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence.
Chronic Dis Transl Med
September 2024
Background: Increased knowledge of the concept of adherence is needed for development patient-centered care, nursing interventions, and guidelines for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to test and extend the Theory of Adherence to Treatment regarding informational support in patients with CHD.
Methods: The study utilized an explanatory and descriptive survey.
Aim: To investigate perceived social support and the associated factors as well as the sources of social support among post-percutaneous intervention patients over a long-term follow-up period.
Design: An explanatory and descriptive survey with a six-year follow-up (STROBE Statement: Supplementary file 1).
Methods: Baseline data (n = 416) were collected from Finnish patients in 2013, with follow-up data collected from the same study group in 2019 (n = 154).
Background And Aims: Multimorbidity is a major public health and healthcare challenge around the world, including in Finland. As multimorbidity necessitates self-management in everyday life, the effects of patient activation - a patient's knowledge, skills, and confidence in managing own health - on the capacity for self-management warrant study, especially in primary healthcare settings. This study aimed to assess patient activation among multimorbid primary healthcare patients, identify factors associated with patient activation, and determine whether patients with low and high activation differ in terms of health and self-management behavior, related perceptions, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Adherence to medication and healthy lifestyle is crucial for preventing secondary strokes and other vascular events. However, there is not enough evidence on the long-term effects of hospital-initiated lifestyle counselling.
Aim: To determine the effects of The Risk Factor Targeted Lifestyle Counselling Intervention, which is implemented during acute hospitalisation, on adherence to lifestyle changes 7 years after stroke or TIA.
Aim: The aim of the study was to explore the adherence to self-management of patients with multimorbidity, identify associated factors, and determine explanatory factors of their adherence to self-management in terms of the Theory of Adherence of People with Chronic Disease.
Background: Adherence to self-management is essential for successful care of multimorbid patients, but multimorbidity poses challenges for both patients and practitioners due to its care complexity and broad impact on patients' lives.
Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive exploratory design with the STROBE reporting checklist was applied.
Background: Patient participation is essential for achieving high-quality care and positive outcomes, especially among patients with multimorbidity, which is a major challenge for health care due to high prevalence, care complexity and impact on patients' lives.
Objective: To explore the patient participation related to their own care among patients with multimorbidity in primary health-care settings.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among adult multimorbid patients who visited primary health-care facilities.