TY - JOUR AU - Yadav, Uday Narayan AU - Lloyd, Jane AU - Hosseinzadeh, Hassan AU - Baral, Kedar Prasad AU - Bhatta, Narendra AU - Harris, Mark Fort PY - 2020 DA - 2020/03/06 TI - Self-management practice, associated factors and its relationship with health literacy and patient activation among multi-morbid COPD patients from rural Nepal JO - BMC Public Health SP - 300 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressive and debilitating condition that affects individuals’ quality of life. COPD self-management and supports provided by carers is key to the quality of life people living with COPD. Health literacy (HL) and Patient Activation (PA) are main drivers of self-management practices (SMPs). However, their contribution remains to be fully explored. This study aimed to examine the level of self-management practices, and the relationship with socio-demographic factors, HL and PA among multi-morbid COPD patients from rural Nepal. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8404-7 DO - 10.1186/s12889-020-8404-7 ID - Yadav2020 ER -