Patient and caregiver contributions to self-care in multiple chronic conditions : A multilevel modelling analysis

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BACKGROUND: Multiple chronic conditions (MCC) are highly prevalent worldwide, especially among older populations. Patient self-care and care partner (or caregiver) contributions to self-care are recommended to reduce the impact of MCC and improve patients' outcomes.

OBJECTIVES: To describe patient self-care and care partner contributions to self-care and to identify determinants of patient self-care and care partner contributions to self-care at the patient and care partner level.

DESIGN: Multicentre cross-sectional study.

SETTING: Outpatient and community settings in Italy.

PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 340 patients with MCC and care partner dyads was recruited between 2017 and 2018.

METHODS: We measured patient's self-care and care partner contributions to self-care in dyads using the Self-care of Chronic Illness Inventory and the Caregiver Contribution to Self-care of Chronic Illness Inventory. To control for dyadic interdependence, we performed a multilevel modelling analysis.

RESULTS: Patients' and care partners' mean ages were 76.65 (± 7.27) and 54.32 (± 15.25), respectively. Most care partners were female and adult children or grandchildren. The most prevalent chronic conditions in patients were diabetes (74%) and heart failure (34%). Patients and care partners reported higher levels of self-care monitoring than self-care maintenance and management behaviours. Important patient clinical determinants of self-care included cognitive status, number of medications and type of chronic condition. Care partner determinants of self-care contributions included age, gender, education, perceived income, care partner burden, caregiving hours per week and the presence of a secondary care partner.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the importance of taking a dyadic approach when focusing on patients with MCC and their care partners. More dyadic longitudinal research is recommended to reveal the modifiable determinants of self-care and the complex relationships between patients and care partners in the context of MCC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:116

Enthalten in:

International journal of nursing studies - 116(2021) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 103574

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Iovino, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Lyons, Karen S [VerfasserIn]
De Maria, Maddalena [VerfasserIn]
Vellone, Ercole [VerfasserIn]
Ausili, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Christopher S [VerfasserIn]
Riegel, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Matarese, Maria [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caregivers
Determinants
Dyads
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Multiple chronic conditions
Older people
Self-care

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Date Completed 28.07.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103574

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM308618440