The effectiveness and experience of self-management following acute coronary syndrome : a review of the literature

Guo, Ping and Harris, Ruth (2016) The effectiveness and experience of self-management following acute coronary syndrome : a review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 61, pp. 29-51. ISSN (print) 0020-7489

Abstract

Evidence of the effectiveness of self-management interventions among people with acute coronary syndrome remains inconclusive. Findings from the patients' experiences in relation to self-management following acute coronary syndrome provided important insights into what problems patients might have encountered during self-managing recovery and what support they might need, which can be used to inform the development of self-management interventions. Theoretical or conceptual frameworks have been minimally employed in these studies and should be incorporated in future development and evaluation of self-management interventions as a way of ensuring clarity and consistency related to how interventions are conceptualised, operationalised and empirically studied. Further research is needed to evaluate self-management interventions among people following acute coronary syndrome for sustained effect and within different health care contexts.

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