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CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES
This abstract introduces an ongoing research project that aimed to develop a patient-centered self-management program using health information and technologies for older adults with hypertension and diabetes. The purpose of the project in the first phase was to better understand challenges in self-m...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6840688/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1157 |
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author | Oh, Hyunkyoung Lee, Yura Choi, Wonchan Zheng, Zhi |
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description | This abstract introduces an ongoing research project that aimed to develop a patient-centered self-management program using health information and technologies for older adults with hypertension and diabetes. The purpose of the project in the first phase was to better understand challenges in self-management faced by older adults with both conditions. A semi-structured and face-to-face interview was conducted to explore the challenges in self-management of the target population living in Milwaukee areas, Wisconsin. Audio recordings were transcribed in verbatim; transcripts were analyzed; and themes were identified. A total of six individuals participated in this study by January 2019. Their age ranged from 56 to 75. Four of them were female; five of them were African Americans; and one was Caucasian. All participants reported more than two additional conditions that were arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, pain, kidney diseases, respiratory diseases, and depression. Most participants were self-managing their conditions mainly by taking prescribed medications. Several themes were emerged as challenges to self-management: monitoring blood pressure and glucose, engagement in physical activity, and healthy eating. Among these, participants reported healthy eating as the most difficult self-managing activity. Majority of participants expressed the need for physical activity support due to pain and/or vision problems known as one of diabetic complications. Understanding challenges and needs of a specific population is the first step for health care providers to support self-management of the patients appropriately. The results of this preliminary study will help health care providers develop effective self-management programs for older adults with both conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-68406882019-11-15 CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES Oh, Hyunkyoung Lee, Yura Choi, Wonchan Zheng, Zhi Innov Aging Session 1395 (Poster) This abstract introduces an ongoing research project that aimed to develop a patient-centered self-management program using health information and technologies for older adults with hypertension and diabetes. The purpose of the project in the first phase was to better understand challenges in self-management faced by older adults with both conditions. A semi-structured and face-to-face interview was conducted to explore the challenges in self-management of the target population living in Milwaukee areas, Wisconsin. Audio recordings were transcribed in verbatim; transcripts were analyzed; and themes were identified. A total of six individuals participated in this study by January 2019. Their age ranged from 56 to 75. Four of them were female; five of them were African Americans; and one was Caucasian. All participants reported more than two additional conditions that were arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, pain, kidney diseases, respiratory diseases, and depression. Most participants were self-managing their conditions mainly by taking prescribed medications. Several themes were emerged as challenges to self-management: monitoring blood pressure and glucose, engagement in physical activity, and healthy eating. Among these, participants reported healthy eating as the most difficult self-managing activity. Majority of participants expressed the need for physical activity support due to pain and/or vision problems known as one of diabetic complications. Understanding challenges and needs of a specific population is the first step for health care providers to support self-management of the patients appropriately. The results of this preliminary study will help health care providers develop effective self-management programs for older adults with both conditions. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6840688/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1157 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. 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 reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Session 1395 (Poster) Oh, Hyunkyoung Lee, Yura Choi, Wonchan Zheng, Zhi CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title | CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title_full | CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title_fullStr | CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title_full_unstemmed | CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title_short | CHALLENGES IN SELF-MANAGEMENT AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES |
title_sort | challenges in self-management among older adults with hypertension and diabetes |
topic | Session 1395 (Poster) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6840688/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1157 |
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