Manage Your Illness

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Who's dealing with chronic illness? People just like you!

The road to a healthy life is one we all must travel, and that road is made more difficult by chronic illness. Manage Your Illness is designed for people who may have a chronic illness such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease, or rheumatoid arthritis. Here you will find information about how you can take control of your own health, and you'll be able to share information on how you personally manage your illness to help others.

Together, we can be partners in giving you the confidence and tools to work as an equal partner with your physician to manage your health.

Recently On MYI:

Self-management strategies for childhood epilepsy

Tom Creer, PhD
December 16, 2010 | Discussion (2)

B Lindsay, PM Bradley. Care delivery and self-management strategies for children with epilepsy. Cochrane Database Systematic Review, December 8, 2010;12:CD006245. Epilepsy care for children has been criticized for its lack of impact. Various service models and strategies have been developed in response to perceived inadequacies in care provision for children... See the rest »

DOTS and self-management in controlling TB

Tom Creer, PhD
December 15, 2010 | Discussion (0)

V Ferreira et al. DOTS in primary care units in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil. Revista de Saude Publica, December 10, 2010. Ferreira and associates described the implantation and the effects of directly-observed treatment short course (DOTS) in primary health care units. Interviews were held with the... See the rest »

CBT for chemotherapy-related cognitive change

Tom Creer, PhD
December 14, 2010 | Discussion (0)

RJ Ferguson et al. Development of CBT for chemotherapy-related cognitive change: results of a waitlist control trial. Psychooncology, December 2, 2010. Ferguson and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of a brief cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that is being developed for management of cognitive dysfunction following chemotherapy among breast cancer survivors. Memory and... See the rest »

Self-efficacy and self-management with asthmatic adults

Tom Creer, PhD
December 10, 2010 | Discussion (3)

SY Chen et al. The Effects of the Self-Efficacy Method on Adult Asthmatic Patient Self-Care Behavior. Journal of Nursing Research, 2010;18:266-274. The prevalence of asthma and associated mortality is higher among adults than among children, as are associated morbidity and hospital readmission rates. The literature shows that promoting patient self-care... See the rest »

School-based asthma self-management for adolescents

Tom Creer, PhD
December 9, 2010 | Discussion (1)

JM Bruzzese et al. Effects of a School-based Intervention for Urban Adolescents with Asthma: A Controlled Trial. American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, December 7, 2010. Asthma prevalence and morbidity is especially elevated in adolescents, yet few interventions target this population. Bruzzese and colleagues tested the efficacy of... See the rest »

The Effects of German Diabetes Management Programs

Tom Creer, PhD
December 8, 2010 | Discussion (0)

S Stock et al. German Diabetes Management Programs Improve Quality Of Care And Curb Costs. Health Affairs (Millwood), 2010;29:2197-2205. Stock and associates reported the results of a large-scale analysis of a nationwide disease management program in Germany for patients with diabetes mellitus. The German program differs markedly from "classic" disease... See the rest »

Use of Wii with an elderly population

Tom Creer, PhD
December 2, 2010 | Discussion (2)

HC Higgins et al. Lessons learned: Staff perceptions of the Nintendo Wii as a health promotion tool within an aged-care and disability service. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2010;21:189-195. Enhancing opportunities for all older people to be physically and mentally active is an imperative in our ageing society. Higgins and... See the rest »

How patients use their electronic medical records

Tom Creer, PhD
November 19, 2010 | Discussion (1)

V Bhavnani et al. How patients use access to their electronic GP record--a quantitative study. Family Practice, November 17, 2010. Record access is likely to become an integral part of routine care in the UK. While existing research suggests that record access improves self-care and improves relationships between patients and... See the rest »

Use of telemedicine and pedometer use with older diabetic patients

Tom Creer, PhD
November 18, 2010 | Discussion (6)

RS Weinstock et al. Lessened decline in physical activity and impairment of older adults with diabetes with telemedicine and pedometer use: results from the IDEATel study. Age & Ageing, November 16, 2010. Weinstock and colleagues examined the effects of the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) telemedicine intervention and... See the rest »

Barriers to adherence in adolescents with cystic fibrosis

Tom Creer, PhD
November 17, 2010 | Discussion (0)

EJ Dziuban et al. Identifying barriers to treatment adherence and related attitudinal patterns in adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonology, 2010;45:450-458. The treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) is directed toward correction of organ dysfunction and relief of symptoms resulting from the disease. Lack of adherence to daily treatment regimens may... See the rest »