Ineffective family health management

Definition

Defining Characteristics

• • Caregiving burden
• • Decrease in attention to illness in one or more family members
• • Depressive symptoms of caregiver
• • Exacerbation of disease signs of one or more family members
• • Exacerbation of disease symptoms of one or more family members
• • Failure to take action to reduce risk factors in one or more family members
• • Ineffective choices in daily living for meeting health goals of family unit
• • One or more family members report dissatisfaction with quality of life

Related Factors

• • Competing demands on family unit
• • Competing lifestyle preferences within family unit
• • Conflict between health behaviors and social norms
• • Conflict between spiritual beliefs and treatment regimen
• • Difficulty accessing community resources
• • Difficulty dealing with role changes associated with condition
• • Difficulty managing complex treatment regimen
• • Difficulty navigating complex health care systems
• • Difficulty performing aspects of treatment regimen
• • Difficulty with decision-making
• • Family conflict
• • Inadequate commitment to a plan of action
• • Inadequate health literacy of caregiver
• • Inadequate knowledge of treatment regimen
• • Inadequate number of cues to action
• • Inadequate self-efficacy
• • Inadequate social support
• • Ineffective communication skills
• • Ineffective coping skills
• • 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
• • Unsupportive family relationships

At Risk Population

• • Economically disadvantaged families
• • Families with member experiencing delayed diagnosis
• • Families with member who have limited decision-making experience
• • Families with premature infant
• • Family members with low educational level

Associated Conditions

• • Chronic diseases
• • Mental disorders
• • Terminal illness