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ArticleTrials2016

Trialling of an optimal health programme (OHP) across chronic disease.

Chantal F Ski, David R Thompson, David J Castle

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Article in Trials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Long COVID Optimal Health Programme to Enhance Mental and Physical Health: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  2. Experiences of people with long COVID: Symptoms, support strategies and the Long COVID Optimal Health Programme (LC-OHP).Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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  6. Partnered Recruitment: Engaging Individuals With Lived Experience in the Recruitment of Co-Design Participants.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Chantal F SkiCentre for the Heart and Mind, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia. chantal.ski@acu.edu.au.
David R ThompsonCentre for the Heart and Mind, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.
David J CastleCentre for the Heart and Mind, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Mental HealthResearch DesignAdaptation, PsychologicalChronic DiseaseCost-Benefit AnalysisCost of IllnessDiabetes MellitusHealth Care CostsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth StatusHumansPatient Care TeamPatient-Centered CarePatient Education as TopicProgram EvaluationQuality of LifeChronic diseaseCollaborative therapyCost-effectivenessPsychoeducationalPsychosocialRandomised controlled trial

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PMID27612634
PMCPMC5018188

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