Health Care

Self-Management

Individual's ability to manage chronic condition. Efficacious self-management encompasses ability to monitor one's condition and to affect the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional responses necessary to maintain a satisfactory quality of life (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12401421).

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Individual's ability to manage chronic condition. Efficacious self-management encompasses ability to monitor one's condition and to affect the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional responses necessary to maintain a satisfactory quality of life (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12401421).

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Self Management
  • Management, Self
  • Self-Management Programs
  • Program, Self-Management
  • Self Management Programs
  • Self-Management Program

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, education, ethics, history, methods, psychology, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2018; use Self Care 1992-2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Self Care (2015-2017)

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Tree Number

  1. N02.421.784.760

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Self-Management. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073278. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073278
  2. Self-Management. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q77867997