Letter to Editor Re: Tulu, Cook, Oman, Meek, and Gudina's article, Chronic disease self‐care: A concept analysis (2021).

The authors discuss a report about the concept of self-care in chronic conditions. Topics discussed include the chronology of theories and definitions of self-care over time, the definition of self-care self-efficacy as one of the main antecedents of self-care, and recognition of the importance of symptoms in influencing the self-care of people with chronic conditions.