Department of Nursing, Hasanuddin University, Perintis Kemerdekaan Street KM.10, Tamalanrea, South-Sulawesi, Makassar 90245, Indonesia
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Health Professionals Attitudes on Engaging Multimorbidity Patient Families and Caregivers as Partners in Chronic Health Care
Author(s): Andi Masyitha Irwan*
Multimorbidity, the occurrence of two or more chronic health disorders, is thought to affect about one-fourth of the Australian population with
older age groups having a higher prevalence. People with multimorbidity (PwM) frequently have extremely complex healthcare needs, are more
prone to experience depression and depend more frequently on unpaid family caregivers to help them manage their diseases. PwM and their
family caregivers (hereinafter referred to as caregivers) report facing particular difficulties, such as juggling a variety of (and frequently disjointed)
healthcare services and practitioners, difficulty communicating with health professionals (HPs) to obtain crucial medical information, managing
multiple medications, and uncertainty about potential interactions between symptoms and treatments. While there has been an increased emphasis
on better... Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2736-6189.2022.7.306
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