Focusing on everyday life with Addison ’s disease: Health promotion and secondary prevention Emelie Mälstam

This study was conducted with qualitative methods and a participatory approach, engaging five participants with AD. Under seven weeks the participants photographed their everyday life and participated in weekly group-discussions. Preliminary results show that everyday life with AD can be more complex than previously thought and that extended information and self-management education about the disease and everyday life is perceived as important to maintain wellbeing. Also, participants perceived that health care could play a bigger role regarding health promotion and preventive actions through extended pharmacological and non-pharmacological parts of group-based interventions.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research