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The effectiveness of self-care support interventions for children and young people with long-term conditions: a systematic review.
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Child: Care, Health & Development . May2013, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p305-324. 20p. 2 Diagrams, 7 Charts, 1 Graph. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Children's health policy has highlighted the need to develop self-care programmes. However, there is a lack of evidence on which to base the development of such programmes. This paper reviews the published research on the effectiveness of self-care support interventions for children and young people with asthma, cystic fibrosis and diabetes. A systematic search was conducted of a range of electronic databases, supplemented by searching the reference lists of retrieved papers and published reviews. Retrieved studies were assessed against quality and eligibility criteria by two independent reviewers. The results were narratively synthesized to examine the effectiveness of self-care support interventions on health status, psycho-social well-being, condition-related knowledge, health service use and participant satisfaction. The search strategy identified 4261 papers which were screened against the review inclusion criteria. A total of 194 papers were assessed as being potentially eligible for inclusion with 15 papers being judged as adequate to include in the review. There is strong evidence of the effectiveness of interventions that target children/young people; use e-health or group-based methods; that are delivered in community settings. There is no evidence that interventions that focus on parents alone or are delivered only in hospital settings are effective. While there is some evidence to inform the development of self-care support programmes, there is a need for well-designed trials of interventions that are feasible to transfer into real-life settings and which involve parents and children in their development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RESEARCH methodology evaluation
*HEALTH promotion
*ASTHMA in children
*CHILDREN'S health
*CINAHL database
*COMMUNITY health services
*CYSTIC fibrosis
*DIABETES
*EXPERIMENTAL design
*HEALTH status indicators
*MEDICAL databases
*INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
*MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
*NURSING databases
*PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
*MEDICAL care use
*MEDLINE
*ONLINE information services
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*PATIENT satisfaction
*RESEARCH funding
*HEALTH self-care
*ADOLESCENT health
*TELEMEDICINE
*SYSTEMATIC reviews
*EVIDENCE-based medicine
*PROFESSIONAL practice
*GROUP process
*CHILDREN with disabilities
*WELL-being
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*HEALTH literacy
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*EVALUATION
*CHILDREN
RESEARCH evaluation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03051862
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Child: Care, Health & Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 86864297
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01395.x