How do People with Different Levels of Activation Self-Manage their Chronic Conditions?
Author InfoAnna Dixon (The King’s Fund, London, UK) Judith Hibbard (Institute for Policy Research and Innovation, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA) Martin Tusler (Decision Research, Eugene, Oregon, USA) Abstract Background: People with chronic conditions are better able to self-manage if they are more engaged, informed, and confident. Healthcare providers are increasingly offering support for self-management, and there is interest in improving the efficacy of these efforts by tailoring them to a person’s knowledge, skill, and confidence to self-manage – so-called ‘activation’. Abstract: Objective: To explore how people with chronic conditions at different levels of ‘activation’ (as measured by the Patient Activation Measure) understand successful self-management, what barriers to self-management they face, and what strategies they employ to manage their condition and to cope with stress. Abstract: Methods: Face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted with a stratifie
