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Trialling of an optimal health programme (OHP) across chronic disease.
- Source :
- Trials; 9/9/2016, Vol. 17, p1-5, 5p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Population ageing is a worldwide phenomenon, most advanced in developed countries and expected to continue over the next few decades. As people are surviving longer with age-associated disease and disability, there is an imperative to identify innovative solutions for an already overburdened health care system. Such innovations need to be focused on disease management, taking into consideration the strong associations that have been established between psychosocial factors and pathophysiological mechanisms associated with chronic disease. Aside from personal and community costs, chronic diseases produce a significant economic burden due to the culmination of health care costs and lost productivity. This commentary reports on a programme of research, Translating Research, Integrated Public Health Outcomes and Delivery, which will evaluate an optimal health programme that adopts a person-centred approach and engages collaborative therapy to educate, support and improve the psychosocial health of those with chronic disease. The effectiveness of the optimal health programme will be evaluated across three of the most significant contributors to disease burden: diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease and stroke. Cost-effectiveness will also be evaluated. The findings derived from this series of randomised controlled trials will also provide evidence attesting to the potential applicability of the optimal health programme in other chronic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POPULATION aging
CHRONIC diseases
DISEASE management
KIDNEY diseases
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
TREATMENT of chronic kidney failure
DIAGNOSIS of diabetes
DIABETES & psychology
TREATMENT of diabetes
DIABETES
STROKE diagnosis
CHRONIC kidney failure
STROKE treatment
ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
CLINICAL trials
COST effectiveness
ECONOMIC aspects of diseases
HEALTH attitudes
HEALTH care teams
HEALTH status indicators
MEDICAL care costs
MENTAL health
PATIENT education
QUALITY of life
HEALTH self-care
STROKE
ECONOMICS
PATIENT-centered care
DIAGNOSIS
PSYCHOLOGY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17456215
- Volume :
- 17
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Trials
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 118092649
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1560-5