Self-management support for people with long-term conditions v1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Impact of a co-produced, provider based model of self-management support for people living with long-term conditions
IRAS ID
172420
Contact name
Stefan Tino Kulnik
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
St George's University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 31 days
Research summary
The research coincides with a training implementation initiative for community rehabilitation and enablement services in the London Borough of Lewisham, which is going ahead in 2015. Participating teams will receive training in self-management support for people living with long-term conditions. In other words, community rehabilitation and enablement care staff will learn how to support their clients with long-term conditions in their self-management skills.
Alongside this training initiative, the present research will evaluate the impact of community rehabilitation and enablement care (including self-management support). A group of service users will be invited to complete questionnaires at the beginning and after their involvement with the respective services, as well as take part in qualitative interviews. This will give information on change in service users' self-efficacy, activity in daily living, quality of life and service use, as well as insight into service users' experiences.
The study design is an 'observational cohort study', which means that (1) a group of service users with long-term conditions will be recruited; (2) taking part in the research will not change anything about the service participants will receive; and (3) the only thing that is different to usual service delivery, is that participants are asked to complete questionnaires and do interviews.
REC name
London - Surrey Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/0621
Date of REC Opinion
28 Apr 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion