The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: results and implications from a national evaluation.

The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: results and implications from a national evaluation.
The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: results and implications from a national evaluation.
The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a central element of chronic disease management policy in the United Kingdom. It aims to deliver self-care support by developing peoples' self-care skills, confidence and motivation to take more effective control over their long-term conditions. A large, national randomised controlled trial found that the EPP's lay-led skills training was effective in improving self-efficacy and energy levels among patients with long-term conditions, and was likely to be cost-effective. Key questions remain as to whether existing outcome measures capture the core outcomes that are important to patients with long-term conditions. The development and evaluation of self-care support initiatives should take into account the extent to which self-care support initiatives can be integrated into peoples' everyday lives, and the degree of fit with patients' existing adaptations and strategies. Rather than being concentrated on a single course, central resources for self-management support should be directed at a variety of systems and interventions that are able to meet the wide range of needs of patients with chronic conditions.
0025-729x
S21-S24
Rogers, Anne
105eeebc-1899-4850-950e-385a51738eb7
Kennedy, Anne
e059c1c7-d6d0-41c8-95e1-95e5273b07f8
Bower, Peter
ec553157-a170-4219-8b55-2df813846e44
Gardner, Caroline
d99612f8-f7d7-4b42-9d4b-287202c8117c
Gately, Claire
d3e553ca-d404-4c7f-b6ab-dc315e92d610
Lee, Victoria
49d81914-cd51-4e61-9cd1-cef1cb069d1e
Reeves, David
4d9f4b50-445c-4257-81fe-4d6fa73a9891
Richardson, Gerry
95b61844-048d-4876-a38a-5df8b22eb0c8
Rogers, Anne
105eeebc-1899-4850-950e-385a51738eb7
Kennedy, Anne
e059c1c7-d6d0-41c8-95e1-95e5273b07f8
Bower, Peter
ec553157-a170-4219-8b55-2df813846e44
Gardner, Caroline
d99612f8-f7d7-4b42-9d4b-287202c8117c
Gately, Claire
d3e553ca-d404-4c7f-b6ab-dc315e92d610
Lee, Victoria
49d81914-cd51-4e61-9cd1-cef1cb069d1e
Reeves, David
4d9f4b50-445c-4257-81fe-4d6fa73a9891
Richardson, Gerry
95b61844-048d-4876-a38a-5df8b22eb0c8

Rogers, Anne, Kennedy, Anne, Bower, Peter, Gardner, Caroline, Gately, Claire, Lee, Victoria, Reeves, David and Richardson, Gerry (2008) The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: results and implications from a national evaluation. Medical Journal of Australia, 189 (10), supplement 10, S21-S24. (PMID:19143586)

Record type: Article

Abstract

The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a central element of chronic disease management policy in the United Kingdom. It aims to deliver self-care support by developing peoples' self-care skills, confidence and motivation to take more effective control over their long-term conditions. A large, national randomised controlled trial found that the EPP's lay-led skills training was effective in improving self-efficacy and energy levels among patients with long-term conditions, and was likely to be cost-effective. Key questions remain as to whether existing outcome measures capture the core outcomes that are important to patients with long-term conditions. The development and evaluation of self-care support initiatives should take into account the extent to which self-care support initiatives can be integrated into peoples' everyday lives, and the degree of fit with patients' existing adaptations and strategies. Rather than being concentrated on a single course, central resources for self-management support should be directed at a variety of systems and interventions that are able to meet the wide range of needs of patients with chronic conditions.

This record has no associated files available for download.

More information

Published date: 17 November 2008
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 350635
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/350635
ISSN: 0025-729x
PURE UUID: 6b11c81a-3966-447d-b201-0016aa83f8f4
ORCID for Anne Kennedy: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4570-9104

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 27 Mar 2013 15:08
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 18:27

Export record

Contributors

Author: Anne Rogers
Author: Anne Kennedy ORCID iD
Author: Peter Bower
Author: Caroline Gardner
Author: Claire Gately
Author: Victoria Lee
Author: David Reeves
Author: Gerry Richardson

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×