Ineffective health self-management
Code: 00276
Domain: 1.
Health Promotion
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Class: 2.
Health Management
Definition
Unsatisfactory handling of symptoms, treatment regimen, and lifestyle changes associated with living with a chronic condition.
Diagnostic Details
- Approved: 2020
- Evidence Level: 3.3
- Status: Problem-focused
Focus & Judgment
- Focus: Behavior
- Judgment: Ineffective
Defining Characteristics
- • Dissatisfaction with quality of life
- • Exacerbation of disease signs
- • Exacerbation of disease symptoms
- • Exhibits disease sequelae
- • Failure to attend appointments with health personnel
- • Failure to include treatment regimen into daily living
- • Failure to take action that reduces risk factors
- • Inattentive to disease signs
- • Inattentive to disease symptoms
- • Ineffective choices in daily living for meeting health goals
Related Factors
- • Competing demands
- • Competing lifestyle preferences
- • Conflict between cultural beliefs and health practices
- • Conflict between health behaviors and social norms
- • Conflict between spiritual beliefs and treatment regimen
- • Confusion
- • Decreased quality of life
- • Depressive symptoms
- • Difficulty accessing community resources
- • Difficulty managing complex treatment regimen
- • Difficulty navigating complex health care systems
- • Difficulty performing aspects of treatment regimen
- • Difficulty with decision-making
- • Excessive stress
- • Inadequate commitment to a plan of action
- • Inadequate health literacy
- • Inadequate knowledge of treatment regimen
- • Inadequate number of cues to action
- • Inadequate role models
- • Inadequate self-efficacy
- • Inadequate social support
- • Negative feelings toward treatment regimen
- • Nonacceptance of condition
- • Perceived barrier to treatment regimen
- • Perceived social stigma associated with condition
- • Substance misuse
- • Unaware of seriousness of condition
- • Unaware of susceptibility to sequelae
- • Unrealistic expectation of treatment benefit
At Risk Population
- • Children
- • Economically disadvantaged individuals
- • Individuals experiencing adverse reactions to medications
- • Individuals with caregiving responsibilities
- • Individuals with history of ineffective health self-management
- • Individuals with limited decision-making experience
- • Individuals with low educational level
- • Older adults
Associated Conditions
- • Asymptomatic diseases
- • Developmental disabilities
- • High acuity illness
- • Neurocognitive disorders
- • Polypharmacy
- • Significant comorbidity
Last updated: Dec 26, 2025