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What is self-management? |
Patient involvement in all aspects of their chronic illness and its implications. |
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What are the components of quality of life? |
1. physical functioning 2. psychological status 3. social functioning 4. disease/treatment related symptoms |
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What is a self concept? |
A stable set of beliefs about one's own qualities and attributes |
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What is self esteem? |
An evaluation of one's self concept |
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What are the goals of physical rehabilitation? |
1. Learn how to use one's body as much as possible 2. Learn how to sense changes in the environment 3. Learn new physical management skills 4. Learn a treatment regime 5. Learn to control expenditure of energy |
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What are functional somatic syndromes / medically unexplained physical symptoms? |
Physical conditions that we can't explain the origin of.
Chronic fatigue syndrome, IBS |
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What is benefit finding? |
Awareness of positive effects of illness in one's life |
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What are the reasons that support groups might encourage adherence? |
1. Committing to behaviour change in front of other people 2. Learning successful techniques from others in the group 3. Emotional support and encouragement |
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Self-reports of health status are...
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1. an important aspect of quality of life 2. have found to predict morbidity and mortality beyond medical and psychological factors
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Up to _______________ of all medical inpatients with chronic disease suffer from severe depression.
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25%
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Chronic alterations in one's body image would be most likely in cases of ...
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facial disfigurement.
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According to a study of cancer patients conducted by Dunkel-Schetter and her colleagues (1992), the most frequently cited stressor was ...
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fear and uncertainty about the future.
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