Migraine Self-Management: Pathways to Learning
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- February 26, 2019
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Matthews, Anna
- Affiliation: School of Nursing
- Abstract
- Background: Self-management is the cornerstone of migraine management. How women learn to self-manage is largely unexplored. Women in lower social locations (i.e., those with lower income and education) are disproportionately affected by migraine severity and disability. Objective: To explore pathways to learning self-management of migraine in women. Methods: Part of a parent study on migraine self-management, this exploratory portion of the study used semi-structured interviews to gain insight into perceptions of how women with migraine learn to self-manage their condition. Grounded theory and content analysis were used to analyze qualitative interview data in QSR International’s NVivo 11 Pro Software (2017). Results: Women model self-management strategies as well as agency in relationship to migraine that they saw trusted family members (i.e., trusted migraineurs) use early in life. These learned behaviors and attitudes may contribute to the disparity in burden of migraine among women of lower social location. It is necessary for nursing to consider the generational and familial context in which women learn to self-manage migraine.
- Date of publication
- spring 2018
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- Funding: Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation
- Advisor
- Kneipp, Shawn
- Degree
- Bachelor of Science
- Academic concentration
- Nursing
- Honors level
- Honors
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2018
- Language
- English
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