Health, Social Problems and Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Diseases, Quality of Life, and the Need for Emotional and Social Support: Second Edition
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032). This special issue belongs to the section "Chronic Care".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: care and functioning of patients with chronic diseases and those requiring surgical treatment; assessment of the quality of nursing care in the field of postoperative pain; the assessment of the quality of life of patients with chronic diseases; surgically treated diseases
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Interests: systems biology and medicine; immunology, inflammation, and oxidative stress; atherosclerosis; macrophages; aneurysms; intima media thickness changes; aging, chronic disorders
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Special Issue Information
This Special Issue aims to learn about health, social, and emotional problems, assess quality of life, and evaluate the need for social and emotional support for people with chronic diseases.
The presence of a chronic disease not only disturbs the functional, physical, and social aspects of life but also evokes negative emotions. This situation causes a decrease in well-being and disturbs the quality of life in all areas.
Research on these aspects allows us to obtain valuable information from patients. This concerns not only the symptoms of the disease and side effects of the treatment but also the assessment of the psychological (well-being), social and spiritual dimensions. The results of research into these specific issues occurring in people with chronic diseases will help to direct treatment and patient care through evidence-based medicine EBM (evidence-based medicine) and EBNP (evidence-based nursing practice).
We welcome articles from all healthcare settings. Study groups may include patients and caregivers. Articles may be original studies or reviews.
Dr. Grażyna Bączyk
Dr. Dorota Formanowicz
Guest Editors
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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- chronic disease
- health related quality of life
- psychosocial health
- well-being
- health problems
- social problems
- emotional problems
- social support
- emotional support
- problems in healthcare
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