{"title":"An Open Group for Patients with Various Chronic Illnesses: A Qualitative Case Evaluation.","authors":"Jennifer Shah, Michelle Kovacs, Deanna Mori","doi":"10.1080/00207284.2022.2154674","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many self-management and support groups for medical patients target a specific medical condition or diagnosis and are often time-limited. Presented is the Medical Issues Group (MIG), which is an integration of a self-management program and a therapist-led supportive psychotherapy group. This ongoing group is open to individuals with any significant chronic medical condition. Findings from our qualitative evaluation (n = 9) revealed that this group is positively received and can provide individuals who are experiencing challenges associated with living with medical illness a forum to receive high quality social support, address feelings of social isolation and loneliness, and develop adaptive coping strategies to adjust to medical illness. The inclusive structure of the group appears to provide enhanced access to high quality support and intervention for a vulnerable population. Limitations and implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207284.2022.2154674","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/1/24 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Many self-management and support groups for medical patients target a specific medical condition or diagnosis and are often time-limited. Presented is the Medical Issues Group (MIG), which is an integration of a self-management program and a therapist-led supportive psychotherapy group. This ongoing group is open to individuals with any significant chronic medical condition. Findings from our qualitative evaluation (n = 9) revealed that this group is positively received and can provide individuals who are experiencing challenges associated with living with medical illness a forum to receive high quality social support, address feelings of social isolation and loneliness, and develop adaptive coping strategies to adjust to medical illness. The inclusive structure of the group appears to provide enhanced access to high quality support and intervention for a vulnerable population. Limitations and implications are discussed.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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