PSY333H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Coronary Artery Disease, Chronic Condition, Body Image
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Chronic illness may involve a disease process (e. g. , heart disease) or not (e. g. sports injury) At any given time, 58% of the canadian population and 81% of the community-dwelling senior population has a chronic condition. Care for people with chronic illnesses accounts for 67% of all the health care costs incurred in canada. The estimated total direct and indirect health care costs of chronic diseases in canada are ~ billion for diabetes, almost billion for cancer, over. billion for arthritis, over billion for cvd, hypertension and stroke. Self management refers to involvement of the patient in all aspects of a chronic illness and its implications, including medical management, changes in social and vocational roles and coping. For years quality of life was measured solely in terms of length of survival and signs of presence of disease with no consideration of the psychosocial consequences of illness and treatment.
