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Table 2 Categories and subcategories

From: “Standing on common ground” - a qualitative study of self-management support for patients with multimorbidity in primary health care

Categories

Subcategories

Individualized support and patient-professional relationships

Individualized care considers the patient’s agenda and self-management ability

Trustful relationships enable self-management support

Support for self-management is more than information

Professionals as knowledge translators to help patients learn self-management skills

Knowledge affects self-management abilities and decreases anxiety

Pedagogical strengths and weaknesses among health care professionals

Self-monitoring enables self-management

Managing multimorbidity and coordinating care in a system focused on single diseases

PHC’s role in coordinating care in a fragmented system

Accessibility to health care and time for patients with multimorbidity enhances self-management support

Shifting roles and differing views of responsibility for self-management

When PHC professionals are in control, it increases adherence and patient safety and reduces anxiety

Empowering patients enables a shift in responsibility

  1. Abbreviation: PHC primary health care