title: Inpatient self-management of bipolar disorder.
abstract: As part of a grounded theory study of the self-management informational needs and activities of inpatients with bipolar disorder, an analysis was conducted to describe how hospitalized people with bipolar disorder manage their illness. Thirty-three people participated in semistructured, audiorecorded interviews that included questions about their self-management. Findings related to three areas: (a) factors that affect self-management, (b) patient-initiated self-management interventions, and (c) information believed by the participants to be important for other people with the disorder. Advances in the understanding of the self-management of people with bipolar disorder are pivotal to the development of strategies that may reduce, and perhaps one day prevent, relapse.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center at Houston, School of Nursing 77030, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology