The Impact of Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs on Patient Empowerment

• In Event: ICA Plenary Interactive Paper/Poster Session III
  In Interactive Paper Session: Health Communication Interactive Poster Session

Abstract

We conducted a meta-analysis to assess: (1) whether chronic disease self-management interventions improve patient empowerment; (2) whether different chronic diseases benefit more from self-management interventions designed to improve patient empowerment; (3) and what self-management intervention characteristics have the most impact on improvements in patient empowerment.

Authors

• Heather Noel Fedesco, Purdue U

• William Bart Collins, Purdue U

• Wan Jiang, unknown