Key result
Personal experience of illness, familial inheritance, education, and fear of premature death facilitated self-management, whereas a sense of invincibility, fatalism, limited knowledge, and financial constraints acted as key barriers.
Population
30 stable participants with diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, blood pressure, and stroke
Design
Other
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Identifies key facilitators and barriers to NCD self-management in Pakistan; leaves open whether addressing them improves outcomes in similar settings.
Behavioral interventions for NCD prevention in Pakistan must address barriers like fatalism and invincibility while leveraging facilitators like family history and education to improve self-management.
Gowani et al. (2016) studied Non-communicable diseases (diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, stroke) (n=30). Health perceptions and beliefs regarding NCDs was evaluated on Facilitators and barriers to self-management behaviors. Personal experience of illness, familial inheritance, education, and fear of premature death facilitated self-management, whereas a sense of invincibility, fatalism, limited knowledge, and financial constraints acted as key barriers.
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