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Develop a Strategic Recovery Plan
Published in Sandra Rasmussen, Developing Competencies for Recovery, 2023
Chronic disease is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as being of long duration, generally slow in progression. The term chronic is often applied when the course of a disease lasts for more than three months. Common chronic diseases include arthritis, asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, and some viral diseases such as hepatitis C and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Mental illness and addiction are rarely included in lists of chronic diseases.
Effects of Disease on Families and Support Systems
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Chronic diseases are responsible collectively for 71% of all deaths worldwide (WHO, 2021). Chronic diseases are noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Worldwide, 41 million individuals die each year from noncommunicable diseases. Worldwide, 15 million individuals between the ages of 30 and 69 years of age die prematurely from noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease (17.9 million deaths annually), cancers (9.3 million deaths annually), respiratory diseases (4.1 million deaths annually), and diabetes (1.5 million deaths annually), which account for 80% of all premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases. Chronic disease can negatively impact quality of life, shorten life expectancy, increase healthcare costs, and lead to decreased productivity, depression, acute health issues, and symptoms that may require daily management. Chronic diseases pose deleterious health consequences for the individual living with chronic disease along with consequences for the loved ones caring for them, the communities they live in, and the overwhelming impact on healthcare systems.
Diagnosis
Published in Jennifer Doley, Mary J. Marian, Adult Malnutrition, 2023
The work group published a consensus statement in 2012 to provide a definition for malnutrition based on etiologies including social and environmental circumstances, chronic illness and acute illness.24 A distinction between acute and chronic illness was provided explaining that chronic is a disease or condition that lasts three months or longer. Inflammation was once again acknowledged as a major factor in the development of malnutrition. However, the consensus statement did not propose any inflammatory markers for diagnostic purposes.
The Relationship of Food Insecurity to Nutritional Risk in Independent Living Older Adults
Published in Journal of Nutrition in Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2023
S. M. Carlson, M. E. Giovanni, M. Neyman Morris
Survey data analysis was based on 167 complete responses. The mean age of participants was 71 years old (Table 1). Most participants were female (75%), lived alone (90%), had some higher education (59%), and were Caucasian (79%), which is representative of the demographics of the study area.31 When asked about their health status, 36% indicated good, 25% fair, 22% very good, with 10% poor and 7% reporting excellent health (Table 2). Almost half (48%) had either been hospitalized or had a medical procedure in the past six months. Most commonly reported chronic health conditions were diabetes (32%), high blood pressure (52%), cardiovascular diseases (20%), and/or pulmonary disease (23%). Almost half (49%) of participants reported taking four or more prescriptions at least once a week, 83% used dietary supplements, and 28% had assistance from a caregiver at least 1 day a week.
Physical and mental fatigue in people with non-communicable chronic diseases
Published in Annals of Medicine, 2022
Anouk W. Vaes, Yvonne M. J. Goërtz, Maarten van Herck, Rosanne J. H. C. G. Beijers, Martijn van Beers, Chris Burtin, Daisy J. A. Janssen, Annemie M. W. J. Schols, Martijn A. Spruit
People with chronic diseases often consider fatigue as their most debilitating symptom, having a serious impact on daily functioning and quality of life [9]. Despite this, fatigue is often a neglected symptom in the management of chronic diseases. Because of the subjective nature of fatigue and insufficient knowledge of adequate treatment strategies for fatigue, it is often ignored or insufficiently evaluated by healthcare professionals [9]. This might, at least in part, be due to a limited understanding of the underlying causes of fatigue and the fact that fatigue-related questions are underrepresented in commonly used health status assessment tools [24]. Our data also demonstrated that less than half of the participants who reported to experience fatigue frequently discussed fatigue with their general practitioner or medical specialist. People often express feelings of misunderstanding by healthcare providers, but also by their loved ones, which can have a negative impact on their psychosocial well-being [9]. This emphasizes the need to create awareness among healthcare professionals for adequate screening and evaluating of fatigue in people with non-communicable chronic disease, which may even be more relevant in people with multi-morbidity, who have shown to have a higher risk of severe fatigue [5].
Co-infections and antimicrobial use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Punjab, Pakistan: findings from a multicenter, point prevalence survey
Published in Pathogens and Global Health, 2022
Zia Ul Mustafa, Muhammad Salman Saleem, Muhammad Nabeel Ikram, Muhammad Salman, Sanan Amjad Butt, Shehroze Khan, Brian Godman, R. Andrew Seaton
The data collection tool was developed by the investigators to collect necessary information at the ward level and patient level and was adapted from the WHO Global Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) tool [22]. The type of ward (medical ward or ITU) was recorded alongside the number of beds and patients on the ward on the day of the PPS. Collected data included patients’ ages and gender, comorbidities including cardiovascular disorders, diabetes mellitus, asthma/COPD and other chronic illness. Chronic illness are conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or both. These conditions in our study population included neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease, kidney diseases and long-term injuries. The current status of COVID-19 (suspected or proven by RT-PCR), disease severity and the presence of any bacterial co-infection, which was determined by the blood/sputum culture, were also recorded. COVID-19 disease severity was determined by reference to guidelines issued by the ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination, Government of Pakistan [36] as follows: