Sociodemographic determinants of self-management in elderly patients with chronic diseases
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https://doi.org/10.34767/SZP.2024.02.12Keywords:
self-management of chronic diseases, self-care, elderly, chronic diseasesAbstract
Self-management in chronic disease is a process in which individuals actively engage in health-promoting activities and seek to control their disease in an informed way based on learned knowledge and skills concerning therapy. The skills of self-management in chronic disease primarily include having the relevant knowledge and the ability to identify and monitor the disease symptoms, adopting an active attitude to and being fully engaged in the therapeutic process, adapting to the disease and coping with its consequences, and feeling confident in interactions with healthcare professionals. This paper seeks to identify the socio-demographic determinants of self-management in a group of elderly patients from Poland suffering from chronic diseases. The study included a group of 400 respondents (N = 400) aged 65 years and over who had been diagnosed with a chronic condition. An original questionnaire was used as a research tool along with the CATI (computer-assisted telephone interview) research method. The respondents believed they had a relatively high level of knowledge of the disease they had been diagnosed with and were skilled to effectively recognize the preliminary symptoms; they were also able to understand the information conveyed by healthcare professionals during appointments. The socio-demographic variables that were found to have a significant impact on the process of self-management in chronic disease in the study population of elderly patients included the level of education, the declared level of knowledge of the disease, financial situation, and marital status.
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