Tracie C Harrison, Shelley A Blozis, Janiece Taylor, Nandini Mukherjee, Lucia Caudillo Ortega, Nancy Blanco, Alexandra A Garcia, Sharon A Brown
BACKGROUND: Health disparities in osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes exist both in the occurrence and treatment of functional limitation and disability for Mexican Americans. Although the effect of self-management of chronic illness is well established, studies demonstrate little attention to self-management of function or disability, despite the strong potential effect on both and, consequently, on patients' lives. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study pilot was to develop and test key variable relationships for a measure of disability self-management among Mexican Americans...
May 2024: Nursing Research