Self-management interventions to reduce healthcare use and improve quality of life among patients with asthma: systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the different self-management models (multidisciplinary case management, regularly supported self-management, and minimally supported self-management) and self-monitoring models against usual care and education to determine which are most effective at reducing healthcare use and improving quality of life in asthma.

Design

Systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Data sources

Medline, the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, EconLit, Embase, Health Economics Evaluations Database, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, PsycINFO, and ClinicalTrials.gov from January 2000 to April 2019.

Review methods

Randomised controlled trials involving the different self-management models for asthma were included. The primary outcomes were healthcare use (hospital admis

SUBMITTER: Hodkinson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7431958 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature