Tools for measuring individual self-care capability: a scoping review.

Austen El-Osta Eva Riboli Sasco Evelina Barbanti Iman Webber Aos Alaa Manisha Karki Marie Line El Asmar Haitham T Idriss Mashael Almadi Farah Massoud Ahmed Alboksmaty Azeem Majeed

Published in: BMC public health (2023)

Various tools exist to measure individual self-care capability, but few consider assessing capability against all seven pillars of self-care. There is a need to develop a comprehensive, validated tool and easily accessible tool to measure individual self-care capability including the assessment of a wide range of self-care practices. Such a tool could be used to inform targeted health and social care interventions.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
public health
primary care
palliative care
physical activity
cancer therapy
quality improvement
health information
pain management