Characteristics of self-management education and support programmes for people with chronic diseases delivered by primary care teams: a rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care actors can play a major role in developing and promoting access to Self-Management Education and Support (SMES) programmes for people with chronic disease. We reviewed studies on SMES programmes in primary care by focusing on the following dimensions: models of SMES programmes in primary care, SMES team's composition, and participants' characteristics.

Methods

For this mixed-methods rapid review, we searched the PubMed and Cochrane Library databases to identify articles in English and French that assessed a SMES programme in primary care for four main chronic diseases (diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and/or respiratory chronic disease) and published between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2021. We excluded articles on non-original research and

SUBMITTER: Allory E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829293 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature