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Table 4 Main themes and categories

From: Self-management perspectives of elderly patients with multimorbidity and practitioners - status, challenges and further support needed?

Theme

Category

Subcategory

Current status

Self-management tasks

Nutrition/ Diet

Training

Medication

Information/ Keeping up-to date

Social exchange

Responsibility

Coping with multimorbidity

Self-management support

Motivation

Recommendations

Exchange with physicians and practice assistants

Rehabilitation services

Organisational aspects

Challenges

Multimorbidity and its challenges

Pain

Loneliness/ lack of social networks

Loss of independence

Changing habits/ lifestyle change

Treatment burden

Mobility restrictions

Being a burden for family/friends

Challenges for practitioners

Allocation of time and resources

Strategies for motivation

Further support

Concerns expressed from patients

Support for specific problems

Support for general problems

Concerns expressed from practitioners

Public transport

Support of relatives

Government support

Social medicine