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Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study

BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases, especially knee osteoarthritis, are more likely to occur among women with the increase in age. Self-care is an effective strategy for the management of disease in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, recognizing the dimensions of self-care competence in elderly...

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Autores principales: Kooranian, Faranak, ParsaYekta, Zohreh, Rassouli, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9987279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36890926
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.19
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ParsaYekta, Zohreh
Rassouli, Maryam
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description BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases, especially knee osteoarthritis, are more likely to occur among women with the increase in age. Self-care is an effective strategy for the management of disease in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, recognizing the dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis is particularly important for long-term management of the disease. The current study aimed to explain the concept and dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis method proposed by Graneheim and Landman, from March to November 2020 in Mashhad (one of the largest cities in Iran). A total of 19 participants including 11 elderly women with knee osteoarthritis, 4 first-degree relatives and 4 medical staff were selected by the purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews which continued until data saturation was reached. The MAXQDA (Version 10) was used to organize, code, and manage the data. FINDINGS: Three main themes including “symptom management”, “personal growth” and “social cohesion” were emerged as the dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the dimensions of self-care competence as one of the basic needs of the elderly women with knee osteoarthritis who live alone, is very important. Symptoms management, personal growth, and social cohesion as dimensions of self-care competence among this group of the elderly help to develop self-care competence interventions based on their needs.
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spelling pubmed-99872792023-03-07 Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study Kooranian, Faranak ParsaYekta, Zohreh Rassouli, Maryam Ethiop J Health Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Chronic diseases, especially knee osteoarthritis, are more likely to occur among women with the increase in age. Self-care is an effective strategy for the management of disease in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Therefore, recognizing the dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis is particularly important for long-term management of the disease. The current study aimed to explain the concept and dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: This qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis method proposed by Graneheim and Landman, from March to November 2020 in Mashhad (one of the largest cities in Iran). A total of 19 participants including 11 elderly women with knee osteoarthritis, 4 first-degree relatives and 4 medical staff were selected by the purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews which continued until data saturation was reached. The MAXQDA (Version 10) was used to organize, code, and manage the data. FINDINGS: Three main themes including “symptom management”, “personal growth” and “social cohesion” were emerged as the dimensions of self-care competence in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis. CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the dimensions of self-care competence as one of the basic needs of the elderly women with knee osteoarthritis who live alone, is very important. Symptoms management, personal growth, and social cohesion as dimensions of self-care competence among this group of the elderly help to develop self-care competence interventions based on their needs. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2023-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9987279/ /pubmed/36890926 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.19 Text en © 2023 Kooranian, F. et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study
title_fullStr Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study
title_short Explaining the Concept of Self-Care Competence and Its Dimensions in Elderly Women with Knee Osteoarthritis in Iran: A Qualitative Study
title_sort explaining the concept of self-care competence and its dimensions in elderly women with knee osteoarthritis in iran: a qualitative study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9987279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36890926
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v33i1.19
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