Chronic illness experiences for young adults: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the experience and impact of physical chronic illnesses in the lives of young people.

Design

Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews.

Setting

Interviews were conducted between March 2023 and February 2024 either via video call (14) or face-to-face (19). Recruitment was done primarily through flyers in public spaces, specialists' waiting rooms and research pages of chronic disease websites and supplemented through snowballing.

Participants

Young adults aged 19-29 years (n=33, mean age 23 years) who had lived with a physical chronic illness for 6 months or more. All participants lived in Australia.

Results

Three key findings were identified: (i) chronic illness impacts the lives of young people in a particular way, as parti

SUBMITTER: Harper I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716523 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature