Pragmatic solutions to enhance self-management skills in solid organ transplant patients: systematic review and thematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In organ transplantation, all patients must follow a complex treatment regimen for the rest of their lives. Hence, patients play an active role in the continuity of the care process in the form of self-management tasks. Thus, the main objective of our study was to investigate the pragmatic solutions applied by different studies to enhance adherence to self-management behaviors.

Method

A systematic review was conducted in five databases from 2010 to August 2021 using keywords. Eligible studies were all English papers that developed self-management programs to enhance patient care in solid organ transplantation. The interventions were analyzed using thematic analysis to determine the main descriptive areas. The quality of the included articles was evaluated using th

SUBMITTER: Abtahi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature