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Diabetes Self-Management Education Research: An International Review of Intervention Methods, Theories, Community Partnerships and Outcomes

Jack, Jr, Leonard - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 11 (2003) 7, pp. 415-428

use of lay health educators, family members in learning sessions, exercise classes in the community, support groups, and … exercise, self-care behaviors, dietary habits, clinical service usage, self-esteem, social support, diabetes knowledge, and … health beliefs, with one or more studies finding improvements in dietary habits, exercise, and diabetes knowledge. Short …

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An Inner-City Asthma Disease Management Initiative: Results of an Outcomes Evaluation

Maljanian, Rose; Wolf, Scott; Goethe, John; Hernandez, … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 5 (1999) 5, pp. 285-293

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a recently implemented disease management programme [Asthma Control and Education Program (ACE)] on patient outcomes (clinical and functional) and on resource utilisation in socio-economically disadvantaged (and largely...

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Psychoeducational Programs for Patients with Epilepsy

May, Theodor W.; Pfafflin, Margarete - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 13 (2005) 3, pp. 185-199

Epilepsy is a common neurological disease, which affects people of all ages. Patients often have deficits regarding their knowledge of epilepsy. Many of them have recurrent seizures, psychosocial, and emotional problems and report restrictions in daily living as a result of their epilepsy....

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Community-Based Prevention and Chronic Disease Self-Management Programmes: Problems, Praises and Pitfalls

Daniel, Mark; Green, Lawrence W. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 6 (1999) 4, pp. 185-192

There is considerable merit in undertaking to shift disease patterns at the community level. Typical problems reflect difficulties in the application of community-based prevention programmes, rather than inherent deficiencies in the concept itself. Scientific issues bear as much on successful...

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Testicular Cancer: Screening, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations

Huinink, Daan ten Bokkel; Keizer, Hendrik Jan - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 4 (1998) 2, pp. 57-72

The treatment of germ-cell tumours of the testis can be considered as a model for cancer management, representing public education, diagnosis and cure with long term follow-up. Psychosocial distress, fertility and secondary tumour induction can also be studied. The aetiology of this disease is...

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Baseline Assessment of an Inner City Population Enrolled in an Asthma Disease Management Programme: Data for Continuous Programme Improvement

Maljanian, Rose; Goethe, John W.; Wolf, Scott A.; … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 5 (1999) 3, pp. 135-143

Disease management, a new treatment model that may improve outcomes for patients with chronic illness, emphasises the need for formal assessments often not included in traditional approaches to healthcare, such as environmental exposures, self-care skills and functional status. This article...

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Direct-To-Consumer Advertising: Impact on Patient Expectations Regarding Disease Management

Lexchin, Joel - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 5 (1999) 5, pp. 273-283

Spending on direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) in the US rapidly increased from $US150 million in 1992 to $US1.2 billion in 1998 (to the end of November). Despite this level of expenditure, there is no literature on how DTCA affects patients' level of knowledge about medications, physician...

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Patient-Motivated Prevention of Lifestyle-Related Disease in Japan: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

Babazono, Akira; Kame, Chihoko; Ishihara, Reiko; … - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 15 (2007) 2, pp. 119-126

dietitians, health exercise instructors, and public health nurses - who encouraged patients to set their own goals and to select … how to enhance exercise via leaflets only. The control group did not receive services from support staff or have the …

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Message Tailoring: An Essential Component for Disease Management

Bulger, David W.; Smith, Amy B. - In: Disease Management and Health Outcomes 5 (1999) 3, pp. 127-134

Disease management is an approach to patient care that includes health promotion and disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation, as well as long term care. Research indicates that providing health promotion, disease prevention and disease self-management information that is...

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Patient-Reported Outcomes, Patient-Reported Information: From Randomized Controlled Trials to the Social Web and Beyond

Baldwin, Mike; Spong, Andrew; Doward, Lynda; … - In: The Patient: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research 4 (2011) 1, pp. 11-17

Internet communication is developing. Social networking sites enable patients to publish and receive communications very easily. Many stakeholders, including patients, are using these media to find new ways to make sense of diseases, to find and discuss treatments, and to give support to...

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