Observational studyPloS one2025
Assessing health and social care needs of chronic patients in rural areas: Protocol for the CAMP mixed-methods observational study.
Observational study in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- From Theory to Practice: A Methodology Article Describing the Eight-Stage Health Education Planning Instrument in Community Health Education.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Chronic diseases remain one of the most pressing public health challenges in Europe, disproportionately affecting older adults and residents of rural and underserved areas. Structural barriers to healthcare access, insufficient social support networks, and fragmented service delivery models amplify health disparities in these communities. In response, proximity-based and integrated care models have emerged as promising strategies, especially under national initiatives such as Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The CAMP (Chronic health Assessment and Mapping of Proximity needs) study is a cross-sectional, observational, non-interventional protocol designed to identify and characterize the unmet health and social care needs of adults living with chronic conditions in rural areas of Southern Italy. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study integrates standardized quantitative tools-the SF-36, EQ-5D, Barthel Index, and MSPSS-with semi-structured interviews to assess quality of life, functional autonomy, access barriers, and perceived social support. The study population includes adults aged ≥18 years with at least one chronic condition, recruited through general practitioners and social services. Descriptive and multivariate analyses will be used to explore associations between clinical and social variables, while thematic analysis will be applied to qualitative data. Expected outcomes include a comprehensive mapping of service gaps and resource distribution, as well as feasibility assessments for implementing community hospitals and telemedicine models. The findings will inform evidence-based territorial health planning and contribute to shaping more equitable and integrated care strategies for vulnerable populations. This protocol was preregistered on the Open Science Framework on May 26, 2025 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/YHD87).
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.