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If I have to refer to patients experiencing chronic illness and relatives caring for a loved one with chronic illness many times in an essay and I am dealing with word limits what would you suggest I do? I want a more succinct way to refer to these two groups. I don’t feel like I can say participants like some of the literature I refer to did because I did not conduct a study myself.

To explain a little bit more it is APA format. Using terms like ill patient or sick family member etc would be frowned upon in the context of the class. I.e. we were taught that person with disability is acceptable and disabled person is biased.

Thanks for your feedback

One time, state "carers" those caring for a person with a disability and "patients," those with chronic illness, and you are covered and can use shorter descriptions.

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WhiteTiger, are you a member of the Grammar Police?

I echo whitetiger's advice. It is appropriate to use a short form to save space, as long as you define it upfront. By being explicit that "patients" = "those with chronic illnesses", you've told the reader that you recognize the style convention and have made a prudent decision to use an abbreviated form. Just make sure you use it consistently thereafter.

Good luck with the paper.