%0 Journal Article
%T The adaptation of everyday practices in the adoption of chronic illness
%A Kadi Lubi
%J Health
%@ 1461-7196
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1363459317742263
%X This article uses social practice theory to examine the role of information-seeking in the maintenance of existing lifestyle and illness-related adjustments in the context of chronic illnesses. The research findings are derived from a thematic analysis of 16 semi-structured in-depth interviews with Estonian Parkinson¡¯s disease patients. The coding scheme bases on the four practice elements outlined by Schatzki (practical understandings, rules, teleological structures and general understandings) and other categories related to chronic illness self-management skills, bodily movements, daily routines and information-seeking practices. The findings reveal that people with chronic illness value maintaining their existing lifestyles as long as possible and the willingness to seek out illness-related information is related to the severity and duration of the disease. These findings suggest that effective illness-related communication that supports self-management should provide patients with possibilities to adjust and switch between practices in a time and a pace that is natural and acceptable to them
%K chronic illness
%K existing lifestyle
%K Parkinson¡¯s disease
%K self-management
%K social practice theory
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1363459317742263