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With our Self-Management Blog, we inform you about developments in research, policy, and practice. Self-experience reports, interviews, guest articles, and more are published monthly. Beyond that, the COMPAR-EU team recommends monthly interesting scientific articles for reading.
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LATEST BLOG ARTICLES
Final Research Conference – Presenting key findings, the main product and having meaningful discussions
From 26-27.10.22 we organized our final research conference in Palma. Here we presented the key findings of our project, and we also launched the main product of our study, an innovative information technology platform featuring self-management tools. Leading researchers in the field held keynote presentations and young researchers presented their work in a poster presentation.
Workshop, hackathon, interviews: successful exchange with relevant stakeholders
To develop business plans for implementation of the COMPAR-EU platform, featuring decision-making tools about self-management, we conducted individual interviews with clinicians and managers in Germany and Spain.
LATEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Effectiveness of eHealth Self-management Interventions in Patients With Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Heart failure (HF) is a common clinical syndrome associated with substantial morbidity, a heavy economic burden, and high risk of readmission. eHealth self-management interventions may be an effective way to improve HF clinical outcomes. Objective: The aim of this study was to systematically review the evidence for the effectiveness of eHealth self-management in patients with HF.