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. 2022 Dec 28;20(1):528.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010528.

Nursing Intervention to Improve Positive Mental Health and Self-Care Skills in People with Chronic Physical Health Conditions

Maria Aurelia Sánchez-Ortega  1   2 , Maria Teresa Lluch-Canut  3 , Juan Roldán-Merino  4 , Zaida Agüera  3   5   6 , Miguel Angel Hidalgo-Blanco  7 , Antonio R Moreno-Poyato  3 , Jose Tinoco-Camarena  3   8 , Carmen Moreno-Arroyo  7 , Montserrat Puig-Llobet  3
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Nursing Intervention to Improve Positive Mental Health and Self-Care Skills in People with Chronic Physical Health Conditions

Maria Aurelia Sánchez-Ortega et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The exponential increase in the number of people suffering chronic illness has become a problem for which healthcare services need a response. The inclusion of self-care and positive mental health as part of a strategy to promote health offers an opportunity for a reorganization oriented towards community spaces and group interventions. This study undertook the assessment of an intervention designed to optimize the agency of and capacity for self-care and positive mental health by utilizing activities drawn from the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC), specifically from Field 3 (Behavioral), and organized as a program called PIPsE. A quasi-experimental design was prepared with an intervention group (n = 22) and a control group (n = 22), in a primary care center in the Barcelona metropolitan area. The instruments used were two ad hoc questionnaires to collect sociodemographic and satisfaction information and two scales: the Appraisal of Self-care Agency Scale (ASA) and the Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ). The results obtained showed a significant increase in self-care capacity and both overall positive mental health and mental health by factors in the intervention group.

Keywords: intervention program; nursing intervention; positive mental health; self-care; self-care agency.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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