Key result
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program shows no benefit over usual care for 6-month health status.
Why the study?
Do specific baseline characteristics moderate the effect of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program on health status in patients with chronic illness?
RCT
Intervention or usual-care control
Do specific baseline characteristics moderate the effect of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program on health status in patients with chronic illness?
The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program appears to provide benefits across a wide range of patients with chronic illness, without specific subgroups benefiting significantly more than others.
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Supports broad program use across diverse chronic illness groups without tailoring; confirms uniform effects independent of baseline variables in this RCT.
Ritter et al. (2011) conducted an RCT in Chronic illness. Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) vs. Usual-care control was evaluated on 6-month changes in health status (health distress, activity limitation/role function, self-efficacy and self-reported general health). The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program showed no consistent moderating effects across baseline demographic or health variables for 6-month changes in health status.
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