"Self Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.
| Descriptor ID |
D012648
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.900 N02.421.784.680
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Self Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Self Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2015 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2016 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Care" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Novel Ventricular Assist Device Self-report Measures With Overall Health-Related Quality of Life. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2025 Jul-Aug 01; 40(4):345-355.
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Feasibility of Home Collection for Urogenital Microbiome Samples. Urogynecology (Phila). 2024 11 01; 30(11):896-905.
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The Role of Family in Diabetes Management for Mexican American Adults. Hisp Health Care Int. 2024 06; 22(2):109-118.
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Barriers and facilitators of self-management behaviors among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic comorbidities: A mixed-methods investigation. Chronic Illn. 2024 12; 20(4):605-617.
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Design of a pragmatic randomized controlled trial of home-based human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling for increasing cervical cancer screening uptake in a U.S. healthcare system: The STEP trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 11; 122:106960.
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Effectiveness-implementation trial comparing a family model of diabetes self-management education and support with a standard model. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 10; 121:106921.
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Global Initiative for Asthma Strategy 2021: Executive Summary and Rationale for Key Changes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2022 01 01; 205(1):17-35.
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Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Engaging with a Digital Intervention among Those with Food Insecurity, Binge Eating, and Obesity. Nutrients. 2021 Jul 19; 13(7).
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Return on investment of self-measured blood pressure is associated with its use in preventing false diagnoses, not monitoring hypertension. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0252701.
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The use of complementary and integrative therapies as adjunct interventions during radiotherapy: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Nov; 29(11):6201-6209.