Illness perception and self-care in hypertension treatment: a scoping review of current literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-care and self-perception of the disease are of fundamental importance in the management of systemic arterial hypertension. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify identified how "illness perception and self-care" concepts are reported in scientific evidence regarding Systemic arterial hypertension treatment.

Methods

A scoping review was systematically conducted following the methodological framework of the Joanna Briggs Institute's Manual for Evidence Synthesis (2020). A comprehensive search of a total of eight electronic databases and grey literature sources was performed. All studies addressing illness perception and/or self-perception, self-care activities and/or behaviors based on Medical subject headings (MeSH) were included. Full texts wer

SUBMITTER: de Santana Silva JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11613738 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature