Background Self-management support is essential to perform self-management behavior.
To provide this support in an effective way, insight in the needs for self-management support …

Background Self-management skills can empower a person to manage the physical,
psychological, and social impact of a health condition. However, the components of self …

Background Receiving adequate support seems to be crucial to the success of self‐
management. Although different empirical studies separately examined patients' …

Background Today, patients are expected to take an active role in the form of self-
management. Given the burden of a rheumatic disorder, the patients cannot be expected to …

Aim To generate a theoretical model how patients experience their management of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in everyday life. Method An explorative design with the grounded …

wu s.‐fv, kao m.‐j., wu m.‐p., tsai m.‐w. & chang w.‐w.(2011) Effects of an osteoarthritis self‐
management programme. Journal of Advanced Nursing67 (7), 1491–1501. Abstract Aim …

Background As chronic illnesses, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), place an increased
burden on health‐care systems, the ability of individuals to self‐manage these diseases is …

Objective The aim of the present study was to explore the view of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
patients about the barriers and reinforcing factors in practising self‐management behaviour …

Background Self-management support is considered an important task for nurses working in
chronic care provision. The complex nature of self-management support makes it necessary …

Aim The aim of this study was to examine how nurse‐led interventions that support self‐
management of outpatients with chronic conditions work and in what contexts they work …