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The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients
OBJECTIVE: To explore which of 50 self-management strategies are actually used and which are perceived as most helpful by patients in their day-to-day management of depression, in order to empower patients and promote active engagement in their own care. METHODS: Retrospective study using an online...
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30359444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206262 |
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author | van Grieken, Rosa A. van Tricht, Mirjam J. Koeter, Maarten W. J. van den Brink, Wim Schene, Aart H. |
author_facet | van Grieken, Rosa A. van Tricht, Mirjam J. Koeter, Maarten W. J. van den Brink, Wim Schene, Aart H. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To explore which of 50 self-management strategies are actually used and which are perceived as most helpful by patients in their day-to-day management of depression, in order to empower patients and promote active engagement in their own care. METHODS: Retrospective study using an online self-report survey to assess the use and perceived helpfulness of 50 previously identified self-management strategies in 193 participants who recently recovered from a major depressive episode. RESULTS: Forty-five of the 50 strategies were used by at least half of all participants and about one third of all participants perceived almost 50% of all strategies as (very) helpful. The most used strategies, such as ‘finding strategies to create pleasurable distractions’, ‘engaging in leisure activities’ or ‘identifying the cause of the depression’, were not always perceived as most helpful. In addition, the perceived most helpful strategies, such as ‘completing treatment’ and ‘leaving the house regularly’ were not always the most used ones. CONCLUSIONS: Patients use and perceive a wide range of self-management strategies as helpful to recover from their depression. Patients use and perceive strategies about engagement in treatment and physical activities as being most helpful. These finding may contribute to the further development and implementation of self-management programs for the prevention or the rehabilitation of depression. |
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spelling | pubmed-62019282018-11-19 The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients van Grieken, Rosa A. van Tricht, Mirjam J. Koeter, Maarten W. J. van den Brink, Wim Schene, Aart H. PLoS One Research Article OBJECTIVE: To explore which of 50 self-management strategies are actually used and which are perceived as most helpful by patients in their day-to-day management of depression, in order to empower patients and promote active engagement in their own care. METHODS: Retrospective study using an online self-report survey to assess the use and perceived helpfulness of 50 previously identified self-management strategies in 193 participants who recently recovered from a major depressive episode. RESULTS: Forty-five of the 50 strategies were used by at least half of all participants and about one third of all participants perceived almost 50% of all strategies as (very) helpful. The most used strategies, such as ‘finding strategies to create pleasurable distractions’, ‘engaging in leisure activities’ or ‘identifying the cause of the depression’, were not always perceived as most helpful. In addition, the perceived most helpful strategies, such as ‘completing treatment’ and ‘leaving the house regularly’ were not always the most used ones. CONCLUSIONS: Patients use and perceive a wide range of self-management strategies as helpful to recover from their depression. Patients use and perceive strategies about engagement in treatment and physical activities as being most helpful. These finding may contribute to the further development and implementation of self-management programs for the prevention or the rehabilitation of depression. Public Library of Science 2018-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6201928/ /pubmed/30359444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206262 Text en © 2018 van Grieken et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article van Grieken, Rosa A. van Tricht, Mirjam J. Koeter, Maarten W. J. van den Brink, Wim Schene, Aart H. The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title | The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title_full | The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title_fullStr | The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title_full_unstemmed | The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title_short | The use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: The experiences of patients |
title_sort | use and helpfulness of self-management strategies for depression: the experiences of patients |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6201928/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30359444 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206262 |
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