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Theories of self‐care: their relevance to chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting
Author(s) -
Richardson Alison
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01725.x
Subject(s) - nausea , vomiting , relevance (law) , chemotherapy , chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting , psychological intervention , medicine , intensive care medicine , psychotherapist , psychology , anesthesia , psychiatry , antiemetic , political science , law
Nausea and vomiting are reputed to be two of the most disruptive side‐effects associated with chemotherapy Pharmacological and behavioural interventions are well described in the literature, but sparse attention appears to have been focused upon the role of self‐care This paper outlines the problem of chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting The concept of self‐care is described, including possible motivations to perform self‐care, and potential relationships between symptom perception and self‐care are noted It concludes with suggestions for theoretical work and future research studies concerning self‐care behaviour for nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy