Understanding Self-Care in Osteoporosis: an investigation of behaviors, experiences, and cross-cultural perspectives
- Autores: Chiara Tedesco
- Directores de la Tesis: Vicente Bernalte Martí (dir. tes.), Gianluca Pucciarelli (codir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Jaume I ( España ) en 2026
- Idioma: inglés
- Número de páginas: 177
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Ercole Vellone (presid.), Teresa Rea (secret.), Vicente Bernalte Martí (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias de la Enfermería por la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón
- Calificación: Sobresaliente Cum Laude
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
- Resumen
Osteoporosis is a chronic skeletal disease that significantly impairs quality of life and often remains undiagnosed until fracture. Self-care is central to its management, yet comprehensive knowledge of how individuals experience and implement self-care, especially across cultures, remains limited. This doctoral thesis explored self-care in osteoporosis multidimensionally, identifying key behaviors, examining lived experiences, and analyzing cultural influences shaping its implementation. Three sequential studies were conducted: a meta-synthesis on self-care behaviors; a qualitative descriptive study, grounded in Riegel’s Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care; and a multicentric qualitative study with a multidimensional analysis comparing narratives from 20 Italian and 20 Spanish participants. This thesis contributed to understand self-care in osteoporosis by synthesizing existing knowledge, exploring lived experiences, and revealing potential cultural dimensions of self-care. The findings suggest the importance of personalized, culturally responsive approaches to supporting self-care, with potential implications for nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and public health initiatives.
