Self-management challenges following hospital discharge for patients with multimorbidity: a longitudinal qualitative study of a motivational interviewing intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to describe challenges in self-management activities among people with multimorbidity during a 4-week post-discharge period.

Design

This is a longitudinal qualitative study using data from a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of motivational interviewing (MI) sessions.

Setting

The RCT was conducted at six wards in two hospitals-one university hospital and one general hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, during 2016-2018.

Participants

Sixteen participants from the intervention group, diagnosed with heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and at least one other chronic condition, were purposively selected for this study.

Interventions

Each participant had four or five post-discharge MI sessions with a trained so

SUBMITTER: Brandberg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327841 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature