Self-management interventions in systemic sclerosis: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Systemic sclerosis is a rare and incurable autoimmune disease in which patients are challenged with self-managing their disease. Systematic evaluation of the essential self-management intervention components and self-management outcomes is necessary to assess the state of the science of self-management for patients with systemic sclerosis. As such, the purpose of this systematic review was to identify and describe self-management interventions and their impact on self-management outcomes in adults with systemic sclerosis. Studies were included if they contained a self-management intervention, incorporated at least one self-management outcome identified as a common data element by the National Institute of Nursing Research (i.e., patient activation, self-efficacy, self-regulation, global he

SUBMITTER: Wojeck RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7971253 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature