Case management interventions in chronic disease reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is no systematic insight into the effect of case management on common complications of chronic diseases, including depressive symptoms and symptoms of anxiety. This is a significant knowledge gap, given that people with a chronic disease such as Parkinson Disease or Alzheimer's Disease have identified care coordination as one of their highest priorities. Furthermore, it remains unclear whether the putative beneficial effects of case management would vary by crucial patient characteristics, such as their age, gender, or disease characteristics. Such insights would shift from "one size fits all" healthcare resource allocation to personalized medicine.

Objective

We systematically examined the effectiveness of case management interventions on two common complica

SUBMITTER: Geerlings AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10104285 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature