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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedAboumatar H, Pitts S, Sharma R
Patient engagement strategies for adults with chronic conditions: an evidence map.
Existing research indicates that patient and family engagement (PFE) in health care is necessary for improving outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the evidence on PFE strategies for adults with chronic conditions and identify the areas where additional research is needed. The authors searched existing databases, including CINAHL, Cochrane, EMBASE, and PubMed, for data between January 2015 and September 2021, to identify systematic reviews on strategies for engaging patients with chronic conditions. The study also included their caregivers. Strategies were categorized into the following levels: direct patient care, health system, and community-policy. The authors discovered 131 reviews of direct patient care strategies, 5 reviews of health system strategies, and no reviews of community-policy strategies. The study concluded that there is much more available evidence on the effects of direct patient care strategies on PFE than on the effects of the health system or community policy strategies. In addition, the evidence map created by the researchers focused on reviews which did not provide details of individual chronic disease interventions. The authors concluded that the evidence map created provides awareness of the research gaps related to efforts to improve patient and family engagement for patients with chronic conditions.
AHRQ-funded; 290201500006I.
Citation: Aboumatar H, Pitts S, Sharma R .
Patient engagement strategies for adults with chronic conditions: an evidence map.
Syst Rev 2022 Mar 5;11(1):39. doi: 10.1186/s13643-021-01873-5..
Keywords: Patient and Family Engagement, Chronic Conditions, Evidence-Based Practice
Smith BM, Sharma R, Das A
Patient and family engagement strategies for children and adolescents with chronic diseases: a review of systematic reviews.
Patient and family engagement is important for family-centered care, particularly for children and adolescents with chronic disease. In this study the investigators aimed to 1) identify available evidence from systematic reviews on engagement strategies used to help children, adolescents, and their caregivers manage chronic conditions, and 2) identify gaps in the literature. They searched PubMed and CINAHL from January 2015 to January 2020 for systematic reviews on patient and family engagement strategies in the pediatrics population (<18 years).
AHRQ-funded; 290201500006I.
Citation: Smith BM, Sharma R, Das A .
Patient and family engagement strategies for children and adolescents with chronic diseases: a review of systematic reviews.
Patient Educ Couns 2021 Sep;104(9):2213-23. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.02.026..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Patient and Family Engagement, Chronic Conditions, Patient-Centered Healthcare, Evidence-Based Practice, Patient Self-Management