Background Electronic personal health records (ePHRs) are defined as electronic
applications through which individuals can access, manage, and share health information in …

Background Chronic diseases in the Americas account for about 80%(5.2 million) of all
deaths. Instruments are needed to enhance knowledge, skills, behavior change and self …

Background: Improvement of the quality of life and self-efficacy of patients with hypertension
is essential. The present study aimed to determine the effect of self-care education based on …

Aim The aim was to develop and psychometrically test the self‐care of chronic illness
Inventory, a generic measure of self‐care. Background Existing measures of self‐care are …

Background Self-care is essential for patients with diabetes mellitus. Both clinicians and
researchers must be able to assess the quality of that self-care. Available tools have various …

Aims To describe self-care of T2DM patients and to evaluate outcomes associated with self-
care in T2DM patients. Methods A multicentre cross-sectional study was conducted on a …

Self‐care is a key concept for ostomy patients as much as for chronically ill patients. Many
studies describe how reaching a good self‐care level permits patient to perceive a higher …

Nowadays, the increasing attention paid to the dark side of social media (SM) in the field of
healthcare management has moved both researchers and practitioners to investigate the …

Background: Heart failure (HF) patients need to follow a strict pharmacological and
nonpharmacological regimen in order to counteract the burden of the disease, and informal …

Background: Preventing hospitalization and improving event-free survival are primary goals
of heart failure (HF) treatment according to current European Society of Cardiology …