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TL;DR
The central finding was that long-term self-care involves a complex balance of physical, emotional, and psychological adjustments, including developing personalized dietary strategies and finding inner strength to cope.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2 authors, 2 centres
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The central finding was that long-term self-care involves a complex balance of physical, emotional, and psychological adjustments, including developing personalized dietary strategies and finding inner strength to cope.
Key findings indicate that patients engaged in detailed physical self-care, such as carefully monitoring diet and fluid intake using cognitive and behavioral strategies like substituting food with candy to manage thirst. Emotionally, patients experienced mixed feelings of gratitude and resentment toward treatment but maintained a will to live. Limitations noted by the authors include a small sample of outpatient patients and potential bias from focusing solely on Korean patients, which may affect generalizability.