Patient perception of nurse-led chronic disease management varies depending on whether this was previously familiar to them.

The article reports the findings of the PEARLE study (Prevention, Enabling self care and care in Long-term conditions Evaluation) regarding the chronic care model in chronic disease management (CDM). The Chronic Care Model provides the inputs for health care providers to enhance health care systems for practitioners and patients. It states that the model is complex but it provides the patient's viewpoint of the extended role of the nurses in CDM.