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ArticleJournal of comorbidity2014

The 'everyday work' of living with multimorbidity in socioeconomically deprived areas of Scotland.

Rosaleen O'Brien, Sally Wyke, Graham G C M Watt, Bruce Guthrie, Stewart W Mercer

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Article in Journal of comorbidity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rosaleen O'BrienGeneral Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Sally WykeCollege of Social Science, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Graham G C M WattGeneral Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Bruce GuthrieQuality, Safety and Informatics Research Group, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK.
Stewart W MercerGeneral Practice and Primary Care, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
University of Glasgow · GBUniversity of Dundee · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultimorbidity is common in patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation and is associated with poor quality of life, but the reasons behind this are not clear. Exploring the 'everyday life work' of patients may reveal important barriers to self-management and wellbeing.

objectiveTo investigate the relationship between the management of multimorbidity and 'everyday life work' in patients living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation in Scotland, as part of a programme of work on multimorbidity and deprivation.

designQualitative study: individual semi-structured interviews of 14 patients (8 women and 6 men) living in deprived areas with multimorbidity, exploring how they manage. Analysis was continuous and iterative. We report the findings in relation to everyday life work.

resultsThe in-depth analysis revealed four key themes: (i) the symbolic significance of everyday life work to evidence the work of being 'normal'; (ii) the usefulness of everyday life work in managing symptoms; (iii) the impact that mental health problems had on everyday life work; and (iv) issues around accepting help for everyday life tasks. Overall, most struggled with the amount of work required to establish a sense of normalcy in their everyday lives, especially in those with mental-physical multimorbidity.

conclusionsEveryday life work is an important component of self-management in patients with multimorbidity in deprived areas, and is commonly impaired, especially in those with mental health problems. Interventions to improve self-management support for patients living with multimorbidity may benefit from an understanding of the role of everyday life work. Journal of Comorbidity 2014;4:1-10.

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chronic illnesscomplexitymental healthmultimorbidityprimary carequalitativequality of lifeself-management

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PMID29090148
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