Living Well: An Intervention to Improve Medical Illness Self-Management Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many adults with serious mental illness have significant medical illness burden and poor illness self-management. In this study, the authors examined Living Well, a group-based illness self-management intervention for adults with serious mental illness that was cofacilitated by two providers, one of whom has lived experience with co-occurring mental health and medical conditions.

Methods

Adults with serious mental illness (N=242) were randomly assigned to Living Well or an active control condition. Participants completed assessments of quality of life; health attitudes; self-management behaviors; and symptoms at baseline, posttreatment, and follow-up. Emergency room use was assessed by means of chart review. Mixed-effects models examined group × time interactions o

SUBMITTER: Muralidharan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6494087 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature