title: Self-care symptom management strategies for auditory hallucinations among patients with schizophrenia in Taiwan.
abstract: This descriptive study explored self-care management strategies for controlling auditory hallucinations (AH) among Taiwanese patients with schizophrenia. Patients with schizophrenia (N = 200) were recruited by convenience from 2 general hospitals. Self-report and semistructured questionnaires were used to identify 41 self-management strategies. Strategies were categorized into 3 groups: physiological, cognitive, and behavioral. Ignoring AH, a cognitive strategy, was the single most frequently used strategy. As a group, strategies in the behavioral category were used the most. The most common resource for strategies was self-learning. These results can help health care providers better understand self-care management strategies for coping with AH among outpatients with schizophrenia. We suggest the development of a manual of selected self-care strategies identified by these patients to empower other patients to use self-care for AH.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan 333, ROC Taiwan. yftsai@mail.cgu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yun-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Ching-Yen
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012064:Relaxation Therapy; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology