Self-management action and motivation of Pacific adults in New Zealand with end-stage renal disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore actions and motivations for self-management practices of Pacific adults following diagnosis of end stage renal disease (ESRD).

Methods

Focused ethnography using in-depth interviews with 16 Pacific people on haemodialysis for diabetic ESRD, in Auckland, New Zealand. Study participants were of Samoan, Cook Islander, Tongan, Niuean, or Tokelauan ethnicity and aged between 30 to 69 years old. Thematic analysis was used to code and identify emergent themes.

Results

All participants assumed active responsibility for their self-management following their diagnosis of ESRD. They reported positive differences in their current self-management behaviours, compared to pre-ESRD diagnosis. In the face of their terminal diagnosis, participant's motivations to self-ma

SUBMITTER: Schmidt-Busby J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756531 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature