Educational group visits for the management of chronic health conditions: A systematic review

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-29

  Quiñones, Ana R ^a,b   Richardson, Jeannette ^a   Freeman, Michele ^a   Fu, Rochelle ^a,b   O'Neil, Maya E ^a,b   Motu'apuaka, Makalapua ^a   Kansagara, Devan ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Chronic disease self management; Group visits; Health education

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BIOPHYSICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; GROUP VISIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTILIZATION REVIEW; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84896314729     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.12.021     Document Type: Review

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