This study identified that chronic kidney disease self-management is influenced by interacting personal factors, relational factors and systemic factors. These qualitative insights demonstrate that patients' ability to self-manage is shaped not only by knowledge, but by emotional burden, confidence, and the quality of relationships within the healthcare system. Consumer-led approaches that reflect these lived experiences may enhance the relevance and acceptability of future self-management support.
Lunardi et al. (Sun,) studied this question.