Theory of Determination in Recovering Fitness
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Recovery from chronic illness that develops following an acute health crisis is often a long and uncertain process. While current research and rehabilitation efforts focus largely on diagnosing and treating physical symptoms, understanding the main concern of patients recovering from chronic illnesses and conditions, such as long COVID, and how they resolve this main concern was the purpose of this study. This classic grounded theory study was conducted among patients recovering from long COVID. The resulting theory found a main concern of patients is their major loss of fitness. The core category, determination in recovering fitness, emerged as a strategy where the patient is directing determination into recovering fitness by deriving encouragements while enduring discouragements. This theory explains the crucial role of determination in recovering fitness that was lost due to a chronic illness resulting from an acute health crisis. The patient’s fitness recovery status is significantly related to their level of determination.
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