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This blog is powered by COMPAR-EU, an EU-funded project that identifies, compares, and ranks the most effective and cost-effective self-management interventions (SMIs) for adults in Europe living with type 2 diabetes, obesity, COPD, and heart failure. The project will provide support for policymakers, guideline developers and professionals to make informed decisions on the adoption of the most suitable self-management interventions through an IT platform, featuring decision-making tools adapted to the needs of a wide range of end users (including researchers, patients, and industry).
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
The importance of “self” and “management” in self-management of chronic diseases
Successful self-management of a chronic condition goes far beyond the regular pill intake. Jacqueline Bowman-Busato shares her experiences on the challenges she had to face on her way to successful self-management.
LATEST SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
Decision aids for people facing health treatment or screening decisions
To support informed and shared decision-making in healthcare, decision aids are used before, during, or after clinical encounters. This review by Légaré assed the effects of decision aids that support patients find the treatment or screening decision consistent with their informed values. Very important insights as COMPAR-EU will develop decision aids adapted to the needs of a wide range of end users.