Background Self-care refers to behaviors that individuals adopt to prevent or maintain the
stability of an illness (self-care maintenance), to monitor signs and symptoms (self-care
monitoring), and to respond to signs and symptoms of an illness exacerbation (self-care
management). A generic measure of self-care, the Self-Care of Chronic Illness Inventory,
based on the Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness, was developed for use in individuals
with any number and type of chronic conditions. Objective The current study investigated the …