When patients' invisible work becomes ...
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When patients' invisible work becomes visible: non-adherence and the routine task of pill-taking
Author(s) :
Huyard, Caroline [Auteur]
Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026
Haak, Harm [Auteur]
Derijks, Luc [Auteur]
Lieverse, Louis [Auteur]

Centre d'Études et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales (CERAPS) - UMR 8026
Haak, Harm [Auteur]
Derijks, Luc [Auteur]
Lieverse, Louis [Auteur]
Journal title :
Sociology of Health and Illness
Abbreviated title :
Sociol Health Illn
Volume number :
41
Pages :
5-19
Publication date :
2019-01
ISSN :
1467-9566
English keyword(s) :
Adult
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Intention
Interviews as Topic
Life Style
Male
Medication Adherence
Middle Aged
Netherlands
adherence
chronic illness
drugs/medication
experience of illness
long-term illness
non-adherence
patients’ work
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Intention
Interviews as Topic
Life Style
Male
Medication Adherence
Middle Aged
Netherlands
adherence
chronic illness
drugs/medication
experience of illness
long-term illness
non-adherence
patients’ work
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Science politique
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Médecine humaine et pathologie
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Sociologie
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Médecine humaine et pathologie
English abstract : [en]
While the biographical dimensions of chronic illness have been well researched, the concrete dimensions of patients' work have not been as thoroughly investigated as yet. With the growing concern for self-management, such ...
Show more >While the biographical dimensions of chronic illness have been well researched, the concrete dimensions of patients' work have not been as thoroughly investigated as yet. With the growing concern for self-management, such research would be timely. This study aims to better understand patients' invisible work by highlighting the causes of unintentional non-adherence as well as strategies for adherence. For this purpose, it defines medical treatment adherence as the repetition of the pattern of tasks through which a patient succeeds, in a technical sense, in taking the right medication at the right time, in the right amount, for the right duration. Applying a failure modes and effects analysis approach to 48 semi-structured interviews with Dutch patients, it shows the negative impact of schedule changes, pressure, positioning changes, lack of backup pills and lack of verification tools. Symmetrically, it highlights the role of anchoring, sequencing, positioning, cueing, correcting and verifying. This result points to the need for an analytical approach of patients' work and treatment adherence that would build on the role of routines in organisations and in the workplace.Show less >
Show more >While the biographical dimensions of chronic illness have been well researched, the concrete dimensions of patients' work have not been as thoroughly investigated as yet. With the growing concern for self-management, such research would be timely. This study aims to better understand patients' invisible work by highlighting the causes of unintentional non-adherence as well as strategies for adherence. For this purpose, it defines medical treatment adherence as the repetition of the pattern of tasks through which a patient succeeds, in a technical sense, in taking the right medication at the right time, in the right amount, for the right duration. Applying a failure modes and effects analysis approach to 48 semi-structured interviews with Dutch patients, it shows the negative impact of schedule changes, pressure, positioning changes, lack of backup pills and lack of verification tools. Symmetrically, it highlights the role of anchoring, sequencing, positioning, cueing, correcting and verifying. This result points to the need for an analytical approach of patients' work and treatment adherence that would build on the role of routines in organisations and in the workplace.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
CNRS
CNRS
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Submission date :
2021-07-16T14:45:12Z
2021-09-01T07:46:07Z
2021-09-17T12:53:29Z
2021-09-01T07:46:07Z
2021-09-17T12:53:29Z
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