5 Chronic Illness and Adaptation Free Online FlashCards

What patterns can the course of a chronic illness follow?

Its course may be stable, worsening, or fluctuating.

What does adapting to chronic illness involve?

It involves managing symptoms and treatment while maintaining meaningful roles, relationships, and well-being.

Do emotional reactions to a diagnosis follow a fixed sequence?

No. Reactions such as relief, fear, grief, or anger do not necessarily follow a fixed sequence.

How can beliefs about an illness influence a person's response?

Beliefs about causes, consequences, duration, and controllability can shape coping and self-care.

What are the three kinds of work involved in managing chronic illness?

Medical management, everyday-life management, and emotional management.

What is treatment burden?

Treatment burden is the effort, time, costs, and disruption associated with care.

What can happen when treatment demands exceed a person's resources?

When treatment demands exceed available time, energy, or resources, well-being and adherence may suffer.

Does self-management mean handling illness without support?

It does not mean managing alone; education and ongoing support can build skills for symptoms, decisions, and daily care.

What characterizes therapeutic patient education?

It is person-centered, adapted to the individual, and supported by health professionals, family, and carers.

What does treatment adherence describe?

It describes how well a person's actions match treatment decisions made together with health professionals.

What kinds of barriers can make treatment adherence difficult?

Barriers can include side effects, cost, complicated schedules, access problems, uncertainty about benefits, stress, or competing demands.

How can clinicians identify why a patient missed a dose?

Open, nonjudgmental questions can uncover the actual barrier, such as an unaffordable prescription or a confusing regimen.