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  • Self-management of chronic conditions in a rural and remote context

    Author
    Sav, Adem
    King, Michelle
    Kelly, Fiona
    McMillan, Sara
    Kendall, Elizabeth
    Whitty, Jennifer
    Wheeler, Amanda
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Living in a rural or remote environment presents unique challenges for people with chronic conditions, mainly those created by limited health-care services and the physical and emotional isolation. Yet, research on how people self-manage their chronic conditions in such locations is limited. This study aims to contribute to research and clinical practice by describing the ways in which a diverse group of rural and remote people with a range of chronic conditions, and their unpaid carers, self-manage their conditions. Using semi-structured in-depth interviews, data was collected from a sample of 32 participants, residing in one of two regions of Australia: Mount Isa/North West region of Queensland and the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. Our findings suggest that although self-managing in a rural and remote context requires many of the lifestyle changes necessary in urban areas, the uniqueness of the rural lifestyle and the limited availability of health care results in, at times, creative forms of self-management. Health-care professionals and policy makers need to be cognisant of the ways in which rural and remote residents modify self-management strategies to suit their needs, and help them develop self-management plans tailored to the realities of their rural environment.
    Journal Title
    Australian Journal of Primary Health
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1071/PY13084
    Subject
    Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/56444
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