A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the Flinders Program of chronic condition management in community health care services. Issue 11 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Battersby, Malcolm; Harris, Melanie; Smith, David; Reed, Richard; Woodman, Richard
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 98:Issue 11(2015)
• Page Start: 1367
• Page End: 1375
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.06.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The Flinders Program improved quality of life in a range of chronic conditions.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The Partners In Health scale can be used to measure chronic disease self-management.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">In-practice delivery of self-management and coordination programs appears inadequate.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Better quality of delivery is needed so patients can benefit from such programs.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>