A short tool to screen self-care preparedness: cross-sectional study in general practice.

Ulla Mikkonen Nina Tusa Sanna Sinikallio Hannu Kautiainen Pekka Mäntyselkä

Published in: Family practice (2023)

SCPI seems to identify individuals with different levels of preparedness in self-care. This provides means for health care providers to individualize the levels of support and counselling. SCPI seems to be a promising tool in primary health care but needs further validation before use in large scale trials or clinical practice.

Keyphrases

general practice
public health
clinical practice
healthcare
primary care
high throughput
smoking cessation
hepatitis c virus
social media
hiv testing
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy