A randomised trial of the Flinders Program to improve patient self-management competencies in a range of chronic conditions: study rationale and protocol
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Date
2010
Authors
Battersby, Malcolm Wayne
Harris, Melanie
Reed, Richard Lewis
Harvey, Peter William
Woodman, Richard John
Frith, Peter Anthony
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Australasian Medical Journal
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Abstract
Supporting self management is seen as an important health
service strategy in dealing with the large and increasing health
burden of chronic conditions. Several types of self-management
programs are available. Evidence to date
suggests that disease-specific and lay-led self management
programs provide only part of the support needed for
improved outcomes. The Flinders Program is promising as a
generic self management intervention, which can be
combined with targeted disease-specific and lay-led
interventions, but it has yet to be evaluated for a range of
chronic conditions using a rigorous controlled trial design. This
paper gives the rationale for a randomised controlled trial and
process evaluation of the Flinders Program of chronic
condition self-management in community practice, and details
and justifies the design of such a study.
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Health, Self-management, Chronic illness, Randomised controlled trial
Citation
Battersby, M.W., Harris, M., Reed, R., Harvey, P., Woodman, R.J. & Frith, P.A., 2010. A randomised trial of the Flinders Program to improve patient self-management competencies in a range of chronic conditions: study rationale and protocol. Australasian Medical Journal, 3(3), 198-204.