V1SAGES – Implementation and pragmatic evaluation of a case management and self-management support intervention in primary care for vulnerable people with chronic conditions
2012-2015
- Pfizer-FRQS-MSSS Grant
- Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean regional health autority
To evaluate the implementation of case management by a family medicine group (FMG) nurse and of self-management support groups for high service users in FMGs.
Case management by an FMG nurse helped to make improvements to care integration according to patient experience, reduced psychological distress, and improved patients’ and relatives’ sense of safety. Participants in the self-management support groups reported an overall improvement in their self-management skills.
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Articles and posters
Protocol
Results
- Case management in primary care for frequent users of health care services with chronic diseases: A qualitative study of patient and family experience
- The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: the experience of frequent users of health care services and peer leaders
- The relationship between health literacy and quality of life among frequent users of health care services: a cross-sectional study
- The relationship between health literacy and patient activation among frequent users of healthcare services: a cross-sectional study
- Case management in primary care for frequent users of health care services: A mixed methods study
Scientific posters
- Chronic Diseases, Vulnerability and Frequent Use of Hospital Services: Insight into the Pre-Implementation Evaluation of an Intervention in Primary Care. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2013.
- Case Management and Self-Management Support for Frequent Hospital Services Users with Chronic Disease in Primary Care: Research Protocol of a Pragmatic Intervention. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2013.
- Case management and self-management support in primary care for individuals with chronic diseases who are frequent users of health services: A pre-implementation evaluation. Conférence de la Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) 2013.
- Action Learning to Support the Development of Primary Care Nurses in the Case Management of Patients with Chronic Diseases, Frequent Users of Hospital Services. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2014.
- The relationship between health literacy and patient activation or quality of life among frequent users of primary care (NAPCRG) 2014.
- Complex patients: what is associated with frequent use of healthcare services? Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2014.
- High users of hospital services referred to a case management intervention in primary care: Who are they? Conférence du Health Services Research Network (HSRN) 2014.
- Projet V1sages: Gestion de cas et de soutien à l’autogestion en GMF pour les grands utilisateurs de services hospitaliers. 5e Rendez-vous de la gestion des maladies chroniques 2014.
- The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in primary care for frequent users of healthcare services: implementation issues. Conférence annuelle du North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) 2015.
- V1sages – Implantation et évaluation pragmatique d’une intervention en gestion de cas et de soutien à l’autogestion pour les personnes atteintes de maladies chroniques vulnérables en première ligne. Journée scientifique du Réseau-1 2015.
- V1sages – Implantation et évaluation pragmatique d’une intervention de gestion de cas et de soutien à l’autogestion pour les personnes grandes utilisatrices de services atteintes de maladies chroniques en première ligne. Conférence du Fond de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS) 2016.