Hispanic Chronic Disease Self-ManagementA Randomized Community-Based Outcome Trial
作者:
Kate Lorig,
Philip Ritter,
Virginia González,
期刊:
Nursing Research
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 52,
issue 6
页码: 361-369
ISSN:0029-6562
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: chronic disease;Hispanic;self-efficacy;self-management
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
BackgroundIn light of health disparities and the growing prevalence of chronic disease, there is a need for community-based interventions that improve health behaviors and health status. These interventions should be based on existing theory.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the health and utilization outcomes of a 6-week community-based program for Spanish speakers with heart disease, lung disease, or type 2 diabetes.MethodThe treatment participants in this study (n= 327) took a 6-week peer-led program. At 4 months, they were compared with randomized wait-list control subjects (n= 224) using analyses of covariance. The outcomes for all the treatment participants were assessed at 1 year, as compared with baseline scores (n= 271) usingt-tests.ResultsAt 4 months, the participants, as compared with usual-care control subjects, demonstrated improved health status, health behavior, and self-efficacy, as well as fewer emergency room visits (p< .05). At 1 year, the improvements were maintained and remained significantly different from baseline condition.ConclusionsThis community-based program has the potential to improve the lives of Hispanics with chronic illness while reducing emergency room use.
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