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Self-care

Self-care is the process of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself, to promote health, and actively manage illness when it occurs. Individuals engage in some form of self-care daily with food choices, exercise, sleep, and hygiene. Self-care is not only a solo activity, as the community—a group that supports the person performing…

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Middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness

SymptomsPhysical exerciseVaccinationsTobaccoProcessed foods
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Self-care in philosophy

Social justiceCivil rightsBlack womanIdentityResistance
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Monitoring

BodymindSymptomsMedical devicesGlucose monitorsBlood pressure cuff
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Factors influencing self-care

CulturalMental stateEnvironmentHouseholdClinic
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Self-care and illness

Factors influencing self-care

Middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness

Monitoring

Management

Self-care for caregivers

Self-care in philosophy

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Self-care

Nodes130
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Triples163
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
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Self-care

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related to Western philosophy · 21
Self-care → Ancient Greek, Black, Dorothea Orem, For Foucault, French, In, Later, Latin, Michel Foucault, Orem, Orem's, Roman, Sexuality, The, The History, There, These, This, Under, Under Orem's
related to Interventions to improve maintenance behaviors · 15
Self-care → Although, Behavioral, For, Habits, Health, If, It, Knowledge, Long-term, Motivational, Multifaceted, One, Teach-back, The, This
related to Black feminist philosophy · 13
Self-care → Audre Lorde, Black, Differing, Examples, However, In, Lorde, Lorde's, Notably, The, This, US, With
related to External links · 11
Self-care → April, England Archived, EU, European Self-Care Industry, Horizon2020, Media, Self, Self-Care FederationAssociation, Wayback MachineCOMPAR-EU, Wikimedia CommonsSelf-care, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
measured by · 8
Self-care → Chronic Illness InventorySelf-care, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Coronary Heart Disease InventorySelf-Care, Diabetes InventorySelf-Care, Hypertension InventorySelf-Care, Many, Self-Care Heart Failure IndexSelf-Care, These
related to Self-care and illness · 7
Self-care → An, Chronic, COVID, For, In, It, Routine
related to Barriers to monitoring · 6
Self-care → Barriers, Fear, High, Lack, Psychosocial, The
related to history · 6
Self-care → English, Greece, Socrates, Some, Use, While
related to Interventions to improve monitoring behaviors · 6
Self-care → Additional, Because, Knowledge, Providers, Then, When
related to Self-care maintenance · 6
Self-care → Overall, Specific, Taking, Tobacco, US, Vaccinations

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health symptoms care illness behaviors may patient chronic monitoring management maintenance patients include healthcare provider skills disease personal support social

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Self-careMeSHD0126481.00infobox
Self-careis aprocess of establishing behaviors to ensure holistic well-being of oneself0.90text
medication adherenceinstance ofand improve survival0.80text
symptom monitoringinstance ofand improve survival0.80text
motivationinstance ofInternal personal factors0.80text
emotionsinstance ofInternal personal factors0.80text
and cognitive abilities also influence self-care maintenance behaviorsinstance ofInternal personal factors0.80text
medication adherence which relies on memory to maintain a schedule.Self-care is influenced by an individual's attitudeinstance ofalso has a diminished capacity to perform self-care maintenance behaviors0.80text
belief in his or her self-efficacy or confidence in performing tasksinstance ofalso has a diminished capacity to perform self-care maintenance behaviors0.80text
overcoming barriersinstance ofalso has a diminished capacity to perform self-care maintenance behaviors0.80text
social interactions is a key tenet of self-care practicesinstance ofand activities0.80text
handwashing after restroom useinstance ofso further research is needed on this approach.Habits are automatic responses to commonly encountered situations0.80text

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