Self-management interventions for chronically ill patients with limited health literacy: A descriptive analysis.
Marieke van der GaagM HeijmansC ValliC OrregoM BallesterJ RademakersPublished in: Chronic illness (2023)
This descriptive analysis shows that there was a large variety in the extensiveness of the description of intervention characteristics and their justification or explanation. A focus on the broad concept of health literacy, including functional skills, cognitive skills and the capacity to act could improve the effectiveness. This should be taken into account in the future development of SMIs.