Why the study?
Self-management strategies are essential for improving chronic illness prognosis, but their association with comorbidity required investigation.
Are self-management strategies associated with quality of life and depression in patients with multiple chronic diseases?
Population
700 patients with one or more chronic diseases
Comparison
Self-management strategies and outcomes across differing numbers of comorbidities
Design
Cross-sectional questionnaire study
Authors
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Supports self-management focus in multimorbidity; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Are self-management strategies associated with quality of life and depression in patients with multiple chronic diseases?
Good self-management strategies are associated with better quality of life in patients with chronic diseases, though the use of these strategies tends to decline as the number of comorbidities increases.
Kang et al. (2020) studied this question.
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