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    Self-management programs conducted within a practice setting: Who participates, who benefits and what can be learned?

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    Packer, Tanya
    Boldy, D.
    Ghahari, Setareh
    Melling, L.
    Parsons, Richard
    Osborne, R.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Packer, Tanya L. and Boldy, Duncan and Ghahari, Setareh and Melling, Lauren and Parsons, Richard and Osborne, Richard H. 2012. Self-management programs conducted within a practice setting: Who participates, who benefits and what can be learned? Patient Education and Counselling. 87 (1): pp. 93-100.
    Source Title
    Patient Education and Counselling
    DOI
    10.1016/j.pec.2011.09.007
    ISSN
    0738-3991
    School
    Centre for Research into Disability and Society (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30896
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    Objective: To investigate the impact of generic and diabetes-specific self-management programs offered in a real world context. Methods: A quasi-experimental design with 12-week follow-up compared Living with a Chronic Condition and Living with Diabetes. Self-report data collected included: Self-management Knowledge and Skills; Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL); Depression; Social Isolation; Loneliness; Self-efficacy; and Health Behaviours. Results: Participants (N = 458) in the two programs differed on almost all baseline measures. Both demonstrated statistically significant improvements in Self-management Knowledge and Skills, as well as reductions in depression. In addition to younger age, low HRQOL, high self-efficacy and Positive and Active Engagement in Life, were the clinical factors most likely to lead to improvements in HRQOL and self-efficacy. Changes in different characteristics predicted different outcomes. Conclusion: Both generic and disease-specific programs led to improved outcomes, despite the two programs attracting significantly different participants. Referral patterns also differed but GP referral rates were low for both. Practice implications: Positive participant outcomes can be achieved in real life clinical settings. While younger people with a positive attitude may appear to gain more, it is important to encourage people from low socio-economic status to enter these programs so that social inequalities in health are not worsened.

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