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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Psychol. 2015 Oct 1;5:31–36. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.03.004

Table 1.

Characteristics of treatment burden reviews.

First Author Publication Year Chronic Condition(s) Type of Studies Number of Studies Themes Identified
Eton 2013 diabetes, kidney disease, heart failure quantitative 98 emotional impact/regimen-related distress, family conflict/unsupportive behavior, treatment convenience, self-care convenience, monitoring burden, lifestyle impact (social, work interference), scheduling flexibility, medication side effects, diet/food-related problems, device function/bother, economic burden, and overall treatment burden
Gallacher 2013 stroke qualitative 54 making sense of treatment and planning care, interacting with others, enacting management strategies (institutional admissions, managing stroke in the community, reintegrating into society, adjusting to life after stroke), and reflecting on management
Gallacher 2013 stroke qualitative 69 making sense of treatments, planning recovery and care, interacting with others, institutional admissions, managing stroke in the community, reintegrating into society, adjusting to life after diagnosis, and reflecting on management
Sav 2013 asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal illness, cancer, and mental health qualitative and quantitative 30 physical (side effects), financial (care/travel), temporal, and psychosocial time demands (roles, caregiving)