Outputs (8)

Effectiveness of musculoskeletal education interventions in people with low literacy levels: a systematic review. (2013)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of patient education interventions delivered or directed by health professionals for people with musculoskeletal conditions who also have lower levels of literacy. METHODS: Electro... Read More about Effectiveness of musculoskeletal education interventions in people with low literacy levels: a systematic review..

Multimorbidity and delivery of care for long-term conditions in the English National Health Service: baseline data from a cohort study (2013)
Journal Article

Objectives Many patients with long-term conditions have multiple conditions. Current delivery of care is not designed around their needs and they may face barriers to effective self-management. This study assessed the relationships between multimorb... Read More about Multimorbidity and delivery of care for long-term conditions in the English National Health Service: baseline data from a cohort study.

Care plans and care planning in long-term conditions: a conceptual model (2013)
Journal Article

The prevalence and impact of long-term conditions continues to rise. Care planning for people with long-term conditions has been a policy priority for chronic disease management in a number of health-care systems. However, patients and providers appe... Read More about Care plans and care planning in long-term conditions: a conceptual model.

Patient empowerment in long-term conditions: development and preliminary testing of a new measure (2013)
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BACKGROUND: Patient empowerment is viewed by policy makers and health care practitioners as a mechanism to help patients with long-term conditions better manage their health and achieve better outcomes. However, assessing the role of empowerment is d... Read More about Patient empowerment in long-term conditions: development and preliminary testing of a new measure.

Matching clinical information with levels of patient health literacy: Jo Protheroe and Gill Rowlands say that, to help patients understand diagnoses and treatments, professionals must communicate at a level appropriate for each person (2013)
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Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings: cluster randomised controlled trial (2013)
Journal Article

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effectiveness of an intervention to enhance self management support for patients with chronic conditions in UK primary care. DESIGN: Pragmatic, two arm, cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING: General practices, serv... Read More about Implementation of self management support for long term conditions in routine primary care settings: cluster randomised controlled trial.

The Importance of Health Literacy in Doctor–Patient Communication (2013)
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Can the London 2012 Olympics ‘inspire a generation’ to do more physical or sporting activities? An overview of systematic reviews (2013)
Journal Article

Objective To examine if there is an increased participation in physical or sporting activities following an Olympic or Paralympic games. Design Overview of systematic reviews. Methods We searched the Medline, Embase, Cochrane, DARE, SportDISCUS... Read More about Can the London 2012 Olympics ‘inspire a generation’ to do more physical or sporting activities? An overview of systematic reviews.