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Purpose: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) self-management is a comprehensive approach that individuals with T2DM employ to manage and control their condition. Patients’ activation, “an individual’s knowledge, skill, and confidence for managing their health and health care”, has been used as a major driver of self-management. This study aimed to assess the relationship of patient activation with T2DM self-management and clinical outcomes. Design: A cross-sectional study. Subjects: Patients with type T2DM who age 18-years and older. Setting: The primary care centers in Saudi Arabia. Measu...

Aim: To develop and test the psychometric properties of an expanded catheter self-management scale for patients with in-dwelling urinary catheters. Design: A cross-sectional validation study. Despite the utility of the original 13-item catheter self-management scale, this instrument did not include bowel management, general hygiene and drainage bag care, which are fundamental skills in urinary catheter self-management to prevent common problems resulting in unnecessary hospital presentations. The expanded catheter self-management scale was developed with 10 additional items to comprehensively ...

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Background: Unclear illness perceptions are common in heart failure. The self-regulation model of illness behaviour highlights factors that may impact how people with chronic illness choose to cope with or manage their condition and has been used to study pre-hospital delay for stroke and acute myocardial infarction. The principles of self-regulation can be applied in heart failure to help illuminate the link between unclear illness perceptions and sub-optimal symptom self-management. Objective: Informed by the self-regulation model of illness behaviour, this study examines the role of illness...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a significant global disease burden. Mobile health (mHealth) offers a promising means to provide patients with hypertension with easy access to health care services. Yet, its efficacy needs to be validated, especially in lower-income areas with a high-salt diet. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the efficacy of an mHealth app-based intervention in supporting patients' self-management of hypertension. METHODS: A 2-arm randomized controlled trial was conducted among 297 patients with hypertension at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia H...