Implementing a General Practice-Based Link Worker Intervention for People with Multimorbidity During the Covid-19 Pandemic- a Mixed Methods Process Evaluation of the LinkMM RCT.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social prescribing link workers support patients to connect with community resources to improve their health and well-being. These roles are prominent in policy, but there is limited evidence on what support is provided by link workers and what factors influence implementation of link worker interventions.

Methods

A convergent, mixed methods process evaluation of an exploratory randomised trial of a one-month general practice-based link worker intervention targeting adults with multimorbidity in deprived areas. Qualitative data from interviews with 25 patients, 10 general practitioners, 10 link workers and eight community resource providers were thematically analysed and integrated with quantitative data to explore implementation, adaptations, context and mediator

SUBMITTER: Kiely B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661012 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature