A Mobile App for Chronic Disease Self-Management: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health literacy is a critically important skill that helps people become active participants in their health care. Multiple studies in the United States and across the world have documented the association of health literacy with multiple health outcomes. In particular, the elderly and many members of minority groups have been shown to have low levels of health literacy; the same groups are disproportionately affected by chronic illnesses. These twin burdens affect the people most in need of the skills and knowledge required for coping with chronic illnesses. Chronic disease self-management (CDSM) is a logical target for a general health literacy intervention. In an approach that spans across specific diseases, CDSM targets problems and skills needed to cope with issues

SUBMITTER: Ownby RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5399224 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature