Self Care
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Improving chronic care of type 2 diabetes using teams of interprofessional learners.

30 Oct 2009 PURPOSE: To improve the care and outcomes of adult patients with type 2 diabetes by teaching interprofessional teams of learners the principles and practices of the Improving Chronic Illness Care Model. METHOD: The study population consisted of 384 ... Read more...

Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation therapy in children.

5 Oct 2009 This study aimed to investigate the accuracy of home International Normalized Ratio (INR) self-monitoring in pediatric patients on long-term oral anticoagulation therapy. Statistical and clinical agreement of INR values from capillary whole blood ... Read more...

Children's reports of activity and participation after sustaining a spinal cord injury: a cognitive interviewing study.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the readability, comprehension and response processes of test items designed to measure activity performance and participation by children with spinal cord injury (SCI). METHODS: Eleven parents and 33 children participated. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self Care'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Improving chronic care of type 2 diabetes using teams of interprofessional learners. 30 Oct 2009
• Closing the gap between guidelines for bipolar disorder treatment and clinical practice. 30 Oct 2009
• The suffering of physicians. 22 Oct 2009
• Tumbu and botflies: an underestimated nuisance for travellers in Africa and South America? 7 Oct 2009
• Self-monitoring of oral anticoagulation therapy in children. 5 Oct 2009
• Children's reports of activity and participation after sustaining a spinal cord injury: a cognitive interviewing study. 29 Sep 2009
• Self-care among persons using advanced medical technology at home. 29 Sep 2009
• Self-management of chronic neck and low back pain and relevance of information provided during clinical encounters: an observational study. 29 Sep 2009
• [Evaluating the health target "Increasing health competence, strengthening patient sovereignty"] 29 Sep 2009
• Symptom clusters of heart failure. 29 Sep 2009
• Therapeutic options and patterns of prescription in chronic venous disorders: results of a 3-year survey in Italy. 29 Sep 2009
• Economic evaluation of arthritis self management in primary care. 20 Sep 2009
• Position statement of the Australian Diabetes Society: individualisation of glycated haemoglobin targets for adults with diabetes mellitus. 19 Sep 2009
• Home blood pressure measurements will or will not replace 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurement. 6 Sep 2009
• Determinants of participation restriction among community dwelling stroke survivors: a path analysis. 5 Sep 2009
• Activity Increase Despite Arthritis (AIDA): design of a Phase II randomised controlled trial evaluating an active management booklet for hip and knee osteoarthritis [ISRCTN24554946]. 2 Sep 2009
• [Social participation and vocational integration as an objective of child and adolescent psychiatric rehabilitation] 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of a telemetric chronic obstructive pulmonary disease monitoring service: randomised controlled trial with economic evaluation and nested qualitative study. 30 Aug 2009
• Responsiveness of the Effective Consumer Scale (EC-17). 30 Aug 2009
• Patterns of responses to cardiac events over time. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Self Care'

Definition: Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.

Descriptor UI: D012648

Alternative terms: Self Care; Care, Self; Self-Care; Self-Management; Self Management;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.900; N02.421.784.680;

Online Note: search ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING 1979-80

History Note: 81; was see ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING 1979-80

Technical Notes: = care prescribed by MD or generated by person himself & includes care for self, family or friends; differentiate from SELF MEDICATION (medication not prescribed by MD) and SELF ADMINISTRATION (admin of medication prescribed by MD or self admin of substances by exper animals)