ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2007
Supporting self-care in general practice.
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Drivers and barriers to promoting self-care in individuals living with multiple long-term health conditions: a cross-sectional online survey of health and care professionals.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Predicting cervical cancer screening participation using self-care behaviors among women in Iran.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Vital role for primary healthcare providers: urgent need to educate the community about daily nutritional self-care to support immune function and maintain health.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2023Review
- Self-care research: Where are we now? Where are we going?International journal of nursing studies · 2021Article
- Association between self-care agency and depression and anxiety in patients with diabetic retinopathy.BMC ophthalmology · 2021Article
- Diabetes self-management education interventions in the WHO African Region: A scoping review.PloS one · 2021Article
- A Narrative Review of the Patient Journey Through the Lens of Non-communicable Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Advances in therapy · 2020Review
- Cooking for Vitality: Pilot Study of an Innovative Culinary Nutrition Intervention for Cancer-Related Fatigue in Cancer Survivors.Nutrients · 2020Article
- 'It is like learning how to live all over again' A systematic review of people's experiences of living with a chronic illness from a self-determination theory perspective.Health psychology and behavioral medicine · 2020Review
- [Adapting and validating a questionnaire to measure the self-care practices in healthy child population residing in Spain].Atencion primaria · 2020Article
- A qualitative study to examine how differences in motivation can inform the development of targeted physical activity interventions for African American women.Evaluation and program planning · 2019Article
- Optimizing pharmaceutical care for pediatric patients with dermatitis: perspectives of parents and pharmacy staff.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2019Article
- Improving health-promoting self-care in family carers of people with dementia: a review of interventions.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Review
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Abstract
There is both a clear need and a political will to improve self-care in long-term conditions: demand for self-care support interventions is rising. This article discusses current approaches to supporting self-care in primary care, evidence in favour of self-care support, and issues for GPs to consider in planning self-care support systems. In planning care pathways, important choices need to be made about whether to use individual or group-based approaches and what intensity of intervention is appropriate to match patient needs. Investment may also be needed in both health professional competences and practice systems to optimise their ability to support patient self-care. Self-care support is a key approach for the future of UK health care. Practices that are well trained and well organised to support self-care will respond better to the complex challenges of achieving improvements in the outcomes of long-term conditions.
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