Helping patients help themselves: A systematic review of self-management support strategies in primary health care practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary health professionals are well positioned to support the delivery of patient self-management in an evidence-based, structured capacity. A need exists to better understand the active components required for effective self-management support, how these might be delivered within primary care, and the training and system changes that would subsequently be needed.

Objectives

(1) To examine self-management support interventions in primary care on health outcomes for a wide range of diseases compared to usual standard of care; and (2) To identify the effective strategies that facilitate positive clinical and humanistic outcomes in this setting.

Method

A systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluating self-management support interventions was co

SUBMITTER: Dineen-Griffin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675068 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature