From: Patient engagement strategies for adults with chronic conditions: an evidence map
PICOTS | Include | Exclude |
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Population | • Patients with chronic medical conditions • Patient and family members of committees/councils aimed at improving care • Subpopulations, including  • Ethnic and racial minority  • Limited language skills  • Low literacy/low health literacy  • Cognitive impairment | None |
Interventions | • Direct patient level interventions • Practice, health system, and reimbursement interventions • Models under alternative payment mechanisms • Community-level interventions | • One-time education-only (e.g., providing a handout) • Without 2-way interaction or ability for patient to ask questions (e.g., providing access to web-based educational program) |
Comparators | Any comparator (pre/post, concurrent) | No comparison group |
Outcomes |  • Intermediate outcomes (e.g., behavior change, cost, provider satisfaction, health system level changes)  • Patient outcomes (e.g., mortality, quality of life, utilization) | None |
Timing | All timing  • Right after implementation strategy (within 3 months)  • Longer follow-up |  |
Setting | All settings where self-management occurs (e.g., home/community/clinic/assisted living) | Non-USA-based studies |