Trial reportBehavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.)2013
Improving confidence for self care in patients with depression and chronic illnesses.
Trial report in Behavioral medicine (Washington, D.C.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for involving older patients with multi-morbidity in decision-making during primary care consultations.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of care management interventions targeting multimorbidity and high care utilization.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
- Personalised care planning for adults with chronic or long-term health conditions.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Examining theoretical mediators in a culturally adapted, community health worker-led intervention for depression and anxiety.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- Clinical Decision Support and Cardiometabolic Medication Adherence: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025 · on this mapTrial
- Increased Patient Empowerment Is Associated with Improvement in Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from the INDICA Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Collaborative depression care among Latino patients in diabetes disease management, Los Angeles, 2011-2013.Preventing chronic disease · 2014Trial
- Population targeting and durability of multimorbidity collaborative care management.The American journal of managed care · 2014Trial
- What are the demographic predictors and barriers to self-care engagement in the UK? a cross-sectional survey study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Connected care in a digital world: Engagement and telehealth use in older cancer survivors.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2026Article
- Exploring patients' perspectives and experiences of asthma self-management: A qualitative study.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
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- The comparative efficacy of comprehensive self-care interventions in chronic illness: An updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Service user perspectives on the value and effectiveness of occupational therapy following intervention for severe depression.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2026Article
- Primary care and community interventions for multimorbidity involving depression or anxiety: systematic review with meta-analysis.BMJ medicine · 2026Article
- Describing behavioral aspects of annual lung cancer screening participation: Application of the cognitive-social health information processing model.Preventive oncology & epidemiology · 2026Article
- Longitudinal description of health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms in polyQ spinocerebellar ataxia patients.Journal of neurology · 2025Article
- The relationship between self-care ability and frailty in rural Chinese older adults: the mediating role of depressive symptoms.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association between vitamin A intake and depression among patients with heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2024Article
- Mapping interventional components and behavior change techniques used to promote self-management in people with multimorbidity: a scoping review.Health psychology review · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine whether patients who received a multicondition collaborative care intervention for chronic illnesses and depression had greater improvement in self-care knowledge and efficacy, and whether greater knowledge and self-efficacy was positively associated with improved target outcomes. A randomized controlled trial with 214 patients with comorbid depression and poorly controlled diabetes and/or coronary heart disease tested a 12-month team-based intervention that combined self-management support and collaborative care management. At 6 and 12 month outcomes the intervention group showed significant improvements over the usual care group in confidence in ability to follow through with medical regimens important to managing their conditions and to maintain lifestyle changes even during times of stress. Improvements in self care-efficacy were significantly related to improvements in depression, and early improvements in confidence to maintain lifestyle changes even during times of stress explained part of the observed subsequent improvements in depression.
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