Drivers and barriers to promoting self-care in individuals living with multiple long-term health conditions: a cross-sectional online survey of health and care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-care is an important part of preventing unwarranted decline in poor health linked to multimorbidity and in maintaining or improving health. Health and social care professionals provide support for self-care, which can positively influence health and care outcomes. It is important to understand the extent to which they perceive their support to be effective and what barriers to its uptake and desired outcomes exist. This study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of front-line staff in England concerning drivers and barriers to promoting self-care in service users with multimorbidity.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey was administered via the Imperial College Qualtrics platform. Questions were asked about perceived drivers and barriers

SUBMITTER: Barber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883917 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature