Natali Johnsson, Susanna Strandberg, Hanna Tuvesson, Cecilia Fagerström, Mirjam Ekstedt, Catharina Lindberg
AIM: To delineate and clarify the meaning of the concept of self-care monitoring from a patient perspective. METHODS: A systematic search was performed in the databases ASSIA, CINAHL, PsycInfo, and PubMed (January 2016-September 2021). A selection of 46 peer-reviewed articles was included in the study and analysed using Rodgers' Evolutionary Method for Concept Analysis. RESULTS: The following four attributes were identified: Tracking symptoms, signs, and actions, Paying attention, Being confident, and Needing routines, creating a descriptive definition: "Self-care monitoring is an activity that means a person has to pay attention and be confident and needs routines for tracking symptoms, signs, and action...
December 2023: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being