Table 4 Benefits of patient and family engagement interventions at the direct care level, as reported in systematic reviews, by engagement type and health condition
From: Patient engagement strategies for adults with chronic conditions: an evidence map
- Interpretation:
Positive effects
Potential benefits
No benefits
Unclear benefits - 1 Circle size is based on total number of reviews
- 2Unclear benefits—in five reviews of self-management and 1 review of shared decision-making, the review question was not about evaluating outcomes (see Table S2 Reviews # 22, 105, 160, 495, 352, 545)
- 3Total exceeds the number for overall because reviews could be included for more than one condition
- 4Multiple conditions refer to reviews of patients who have multimorbidity/comorbidity
Positive effects
Potential benefits
No benefits
Unclear benefits