Empowerment, Quality of Life and the person-centered care model in the context of chronic illness
Introduction: Person-centered care is related to Empowerment in the case of chronic illnesses. They focus on the person/family, community and decision-making processes related to promoting self-care in the management of therapeutic regimes. Person-centered care goes beyond not only most nursing models, but also current health promotion and policies.
Theoretical Framework: The concepts used in this study were mainly Empowerment.
Method: Qualitative cross-sectional study with data analysis according to grounded theory (Charmaz). 9 semi-structured interviews were carried out.
Results: the empowerment construction process was categorized through theoretical explanation: “facilitating the decision according to each person's mind” and was made up of three processes/categories: awareness of the need for change; perceive oneself as being capable of changing; deciding to change. This process consists of phases that will have to be resolved for the person to progress and are part of the nurse's intentionality when developing nursing interventions. Primary health care provides an excellent context for the application of person-centered care in chronic illness, due to its proximity to the population (McCormack & McCance (2017). Person-centered care and their needs seem to be part of a theoretical discourse on nursing, but without practical application in the area. C
Conclusion: The person-centered care model for chronic illness can give visibility to the nursing discipline, especially in obtaining health gains; having implications in terms of personal satisfaction, improved well-being, self-care and prevention of complications: particularly in preventing early deaths, reducing the number of hospitalizations.
Empowerment, Quality of Life and the person-centered care model in the context of chronic illness
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593742318091
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Palavras-chave: Empowerment; Chronic disease; Quality of Life, Person-Centered Care, nursing.
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Keywords: Empowerment; Chronic disease; Quality of Life, Person-Centered Care, nursing.
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Abstract:
Introduction: Person-centered care is related to Empowerment in the case of chronic illnesses. They focus on the person/family, community and decision-making processes related to promoting self-care in the management of therapeutic regimes. Person-centered care goes beyond not only most nursing models, but also current health promotion and policies.
Theoretical Framework: The concepts used in this study were mainly Empowerment.
Method: Qualitative cross-sectional study with data analysis according to grounded theory (Charmaz). 9 semi-structured interviews were carried out.
Results: the empowerment construction process was categorized through theoretical explanation: “facilitating the decision according to each person's mind” and was made up of three processes/categories: awareness of the need for change; perceive oneself as being capable of changing; deciding to change. This process consists of phases that will have to be resolved for the person to progress and are part of the nurse's intentionality when developing nursing interventions. Primary health care provides an excellent context for the application of person-centered care in chronic illness, due to its proximity to the population (McCormack & McCance (2017). Person-centered care and their needs seem to be part of a theoretical discourse on nursing, but without practical application in the area. C
Conclusion: The person-centered care model for chronic illness can give visibility to the nursing discipline, especially in obtaining health gains; having implications in terms of personal satisfaction, improved well-being, self-care and prevention of complications: particularly in preventing early deaths, reducing the number of hospitalizations.
- Elisabete Lamy da Luz
