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Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: a systematic review.

Bal, M.I., Sattoe, J.N.T., Roelofs, P.D.D.M., Bal, R., Staa, A. van, Miedema, H.S. Exploring effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions for young people with chronic physical conditions: a systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling: 2016, 99(8), p. 1293-1309.
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Objective
To systematically explore the effectiveness and effective components of self-management interventions.

Methods
Study selection criteria were: Original articles in English published between 2003 and 2015; focusing on youth with chronic conditions; describing self-management interventions; with clear outcome measures; using RCT design. The random effects analysis was applied in which standardized mean differences per study were calculated.

Results
42 RCTs were included. Interventions focused on medical management, provided individually in clinical settings or at home by mono-disciplinary teams showed a trend in improving adherence. Interventions delivered individually at home by mono-disciplinary teams showed a trend in improving dealing with a chronic condition.

Conclusions and practical implications
Adherence could be improved through interventions focused on medical management, provided individually in a clinical or home setting by a mono-disciplinary team. Interventions focused on dealing with a chronic condition might be provided individually, through telemedicine programs facilitating peer-support. These intervention elements seemed effective irrespective of diagnosis, and may therefore act as good starting points for further research into and for improvement of self-management support for youth with chronic conditions in pediatric care. Results underlined the need to systematically develop and evaluate self-management interventions, since this may provide more evidence for effectiveness and effective intervention components.