Nurses and other health professionals can support older people with a chronic disease by employing self-management support programs and techniques. Current evidence suggests that patients with effective selfmanagement skills make better use of health professionals’ time, have enhanced self-care skills and improved quality of life. There are a number of self-management programs that are offered ...

effect of self management programs on dietary adherence and interdialytic weight gain in patients undergoing hemodialysis.    baljani es [1] *, habibzadeh h [2] , rahimi j [3] , azimpour a [4] , salimi s [5]     received: 1 mar, 2013 accepted: 21 apr, 2013  abstract  background & aims : poor adherence to dietary among dialysis patients is a common and serious problem among patients. despite of ...

Medicare policymakers are considering testing population-based disease management (PDM) programs under fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare as a way to improve health and cost outcomes for selected subgroups of chronically ill beneficiaries. This paper provides a brief overview of how PDM programs are evolving in the private sector and describes how they differ from other approaches already being tes...

Caring for patients with chronic illness in an era of cost constraints and performance monitoring has led to a sharp growth in "disease management" efforts by health systems utilizing internal innovators or outside firms. This paper describes surveys and site visits of the chronic disease management activities of 72 programs nominated by experts in the field of chronic illness care as being par...

Background Sickle cell patients suffer from many physical, psychological, and social problems that can affect their quality of life. To deal with this chronic condition and manage their disease and prevent complications associated with the disease, they must learn skills and behaviours. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self-management programs on quality of life in t...

Johne’s disease (JD) is a chronic, production-limiting disease of ruminants. Control programs aiming to minimize the effects of the disease on the dairy industry have been launched in many countries, including Canada. Those programs commonly focus on strict hygiene and management improvement, often combined with various testing methods. Concurrently, organic dairy farming has been increasing in...

background: pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidence-based, multidisciplinary, comprehensive intervention for patients with chronic respiratory diseases who are symptomatic and whose daily living activities are often restricted. pulmonary rehabilitation programs are designed to improve the physical and emotional condition of people with chronic respiratory disease and to promote long-term adhere...