• structured interventions for individuals, aimed at
  • improving self-health behaviour,
    • Diet
    • Physical activity
    • Smoking
    • adherence to pharmacotherapy (morning-evening routines etc.)
  • developing self-management skills,
    • Assessing health parameters (BP, glucose)
  • increasing the patient's responsibility for healthcare decisions
    • Take appropriate health decisions at the right time
  • NEEDS BASED : the patient determines what he/she finds is important to maintain health. It empowers patients to take care of themselves
    

Efficacy

• These interventions can only be successful if patients are capable of identifying and recognising the problem
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Diabetes (less in younger patients)
  • Arthritis (No or small benefits, no Harm)
  • Hypertension
  • Stroke
  • Cancer related fatigue

Example in stroke

Careful with self-medication

The process of rehabilitation - example