Patient education and self-management programmes have proved effective in many studies with short follow-up periods. We studied the 3-year cost-effectiveness of an intensive programme of patient education and supervision for self-management. The study consisted of 162 consecutive newly diagnosed asthmatics who were randomized either into an intervention group (IG) receiving intensive patient ed...

Healthcare providers are moving towards tailoring self-management interventions to include the communication technologies patients use in daily life. Accurate understanding of patients' attitudes towards both technology and involvement in managing chronic conditions will be critical for informing effective self-management strategies. The tailoring of these interventions, however, could be under...

background: chronic heart failure (chf) can have negative effects on the quality of life (qol). self-management education is one of the approaches that can be adopted to increase the qol of these patients. this study aimed to determine the effect of self-management training using compact disc (cd) on the qol in patients with chf. methods: this study was a non-randomized controlled clinical tria...

background and aim: patients who receive hemodialysis need effective education in order to maintain their health. one of the effective methods for education is computer-assisted education. the aim of this study was to compare the impacts of computer-assisted multimedia education and traditional method on clinical parameters of patients receiving hemodialysis. methods: in this interventional stu...

Education is the keystone of diabetes care and structured self-management education is the key to a successful outcome. Adapted from (1) National pediatric guidelines emphasise the importance of education, but do not include specific chapters on education and educational principles (2–5). Publications which provide useful guidelines on education in diabetes include ‘‘National Standards for diab...

BACKGROUND Persistently elevated blood pressure (BP) is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease development, making effective hypertension management an issue of considerable public health importance. Hypertension is particularly prominent among African Americans, who have higher disease prevalence and consistently lower BP control than Whites and Hispanics. Emergency departments (ED) ...

The expert patient: a new approach to chronic disease management for the twenty-first century, produced by the Department of Health, recommends the introduction of 'user-led self management' for chronic diseases to all areas of the NHS by 2007. The premise is that many patients are expert in managing their disease, and this could be used to encourage others to become 'key decision makers in the...

Chronic disease is the most prevalent problem in health care today. It is the most common cause of disability and consumes 78% of health expenditures.1 Caring for patients with chronic disease is very different from caring for acutely ill patients, yet it is not a prominent part of undergraduate medical education.2 Current medical education in chronic illness care does not adequately emphasize ...

Pharmacists are accessible health care professionals and can provide diabetes education and counseling to underserved patients. Knowledge of hemoglobin A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol (ABC) implications and treatment targets may improve diabetes self-management. This article describes ABC education in a community pharmacy with a large uninsured and underinsured patient population.

Patient education is central to enabling patients with rheumatic diseases to manage their lives and live as fully and independently as possible. This education can be provided in a range of formats including individual or group sessions, through an arthritis self-management programme and opportunity education, which is informally taught by health professionals. The format selected should be sui...