Self-management in condition-specific health: a systematic review of the evidence among women diagnosed with endometriosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endometriosis is a chronic condition, requiring long-term care as there is no cure. Self-management is the active participation of a person in managing their chronic condition and has been associated with improved knowledge, self-efficacy, performance of self-management tasks and some aspects of health status in interventions for other chronic diseases. The aim was to review the available evidence about the impact of self-management on condition-specific health among women with endometriosis.

Methods

The Medline, PsycINFO, CinahlPlus, Web of Science and Scopus databases were searched and PRISMA guidelines were followed. Search terms were entered both as keywords and mapped to individual database subject headings. Inclusion criteria were: papers that reported inves

SUBMITTER: O'Hara R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6585070 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature