Holistic care program for elderly patients to integrate spiritual needs, social activity, and self-care into disease management in primary care (HoPES3): study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Holistic care program for elderly patients to integrate spiritual needs, social activity, and self-care into disease management in primary care (HoPES3): study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

Abstract Background Strategies to improve the care of elderly, multimorbid patients frequently focus on implementing evidence-based knowledge by structured assessments and standardization of care. In Germany, disease management programs (DMPs), for example, are run by general practitioners (GPs) for...

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Main Authors: Cornelia Straßner, Eckhard Frick, Gabriele Stotz-Ingenlath, Nicola Buhlinger-Göpfarth, Joachim Szecsenyi, Johannes Krisam, Friederike Schalhorn, Jan Valentini, Regina Stolz, Stefanie Joos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Spiritual care
Primary care
Loneliness
Medication
Old age
Home remedies
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3435-z

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