title: Effectiveness of the chronic disease self-management program for persons with a serious mental illness: a translation study.
abstract: Evaluation of evidence-based interventions in new settings and new populations is the hallmark of successful translation. We evaluated the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program in persons with serious mental illness who were receiving care through Michigan Community Mental Health Services (N = 139). At 6-months, participants demonstrated improvements in health indicators (fatigue, quality of life, sleep, depression, health distress, and days health bad) and health behaviors (medical adherence and communication with doctor). The program was successfully administrated in a "real world" setting and continues to be used. In addition, the program appears to be an effective resource for people with serious mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Stanford Patient Education Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1000 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lorig
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pifer
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Werner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D015897:Comorbidity; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D010379:Peer Group; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology*; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical