Effects of lay-led self-care education programmes
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Record ID 32015000461
English
Authors' recommendations:
Self-care education programmes can be facilitated by lay people, with or without a chronic condition themselves
• Programmes are based on individuals setting their own goals and address lifestyle changes, symptom management and communication skills
• Typical programmes run weekly 2.5 hour sessions over 6 weeks
• Evidence suggests programmes produce small, short-term improvements in self-efficacy, self-rated health and levels of exercise.
• In the UK, the Expert Patient Programme resulted in small improvements in self-effiacy and quality of life, and was likely to be cost effective.
• There is no evidence that self-care education programmes reduce routine or unplanned health service use
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2014
URL for published report:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/pdf/Ev%20briefing_Lay-led%20self-care%20education.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Patient Education as Topic
- Self Care
Contact
Organisation Name:
University of York
Contact Address:
University of York, York, Y01 5DD, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1904 321040, Fax: +44 1904 321041,
Contact Name:
crd@york.ac.uk
Contact Email:
crd@york.ac.uk
Copyright:
University of York
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