Introduction: Caring for people with chronic diseases is physically and emotionally demanding. It can also have adverse effects on the caretaker, such as depression. Caregiver burden describes the psychological and financial strains of providing care. Depression in caregivers' manifests as concern, indecision, and an inability to feel the future. Chronic disease is a condition that takes a long…
Background and objectves: Obesty s accepted as ndependent rsk factors for many dseases In this context, ths study was conducted to determne the prevalence of chronc physcal dseases n obese women. Methods: The sample of ths descrptve and cross-sectonally study conssted of 108 women patents who hosptalzed wth a chronc physcal dseases n a unversty's publc hosptal, BMI was 30≥ kg/m2, had a suffce…
Purpose: This article introduces a framework to (a) guide chronic illness self-management interventions through the integration of self-management and nursing informatics, (b) focus self-management research, and (c) promote ethical, patient-empowering technology use by practicing nurses. Methods: Existing theory and research focusing on chronic illness, selfmanagement, health-enabling technolo…