@article{MusekampSchulerSeekatzetal.2017,
  author    = {Musekamp, Gunda and Schuler, Michael and Seekatz, Bettina and Bengel, J{\"u}rgen and Faller, Hermann and Meng, Karin},
  title     = {Does improvement in self-management skills predict improvement in quality of life and depressive symptoms? A prospective study in patients with heart failure up to one year after self-management education},
  series = {BMC Cardiovascular Disorders},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {BMC Cardiovascular Disorders},
  number    = {51},
  doi       = {10.1186/s12872-017-0486-5},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-157501},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {Background: Heart failure (HF) patient education aims to foster patients' self-management skills. These are assumed to bring about, in turn, improvements in distal outcomes such as quality of life. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that change in self-reported self-management skills observed after participation in self-management education predicts changes in physical and mental quality of life and depressive symptoms up to one year thereafter. Methods: The sample comprised 342 patients with chronic heart failure, treated in inpatient rehabilitation clinics, who received a heart failure self-management education program. Latent change modelling was used to analyze relationships between both short-term (during inpatient rehabilitation) and intermediate-term (after six months) changes in self-reported self-management skills and both intermediate-term and long-term (after twelve months) changes in physical and mental quality of life and depressive symptoms. Results: Short-term changes in self-reported self-management skills predicted intermediate-term changes in mental quality of life and long-term changes in physical quality of life. Intermediate-term changes in self-reported self-management skills predicted long-term changes in all outcomes.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MusekampGerlichEhlebrachtKoenigetal.2016,
  author    = {Musekamp, Gunda and Gerlich, Christian and Ehlebracht-K{\"o}nig, Inge and Faller, Hermann and Reusch, Andrea},
  title     = {Evaluation of a self-management patient education program for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial},
  series = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders},
  volume    = {17},
  journal   = {BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders},
  number    = {55},
  doi       = {10.1186/s12891-016-0903-4},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-146075},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Background Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a complex chronic condition that makes high demands on patients' self-management skills. Thus, patient education is considered an important component of multimodal therapy, although evidence regarding its effectiveness is scarce. The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of an advanced self-management patient education program for patients with FMS as compared to usual care in the context of inpatient rehabilitation. Methods/Design We conducted a multicenter cluster randomized controlled trial in 3 rehabilitation clinics. Clusters are groups of patients with FMS consecutively recruited within one week after admission. Patients of the intervention group receive the advanced multidisciplinary self-management patient education program (considering new knowledge on FMS, with a focus on transfer into everyday life), whereas patients in the control group receive standard patient education programs including information on FMS and coping with pain. A total of 566 patients are assessed at admission, at discharge and after 6 and 12 months, using patient reported questionnaires. Primary outcomes are patients' disease- and treatment-specific knowledge at discharge and self-management skills after 6 months. Secondary outcomes include satisfaction, attitudes and coping competences, health-promoting behavior, psychological distress, health impairment and participation. Treatment effects between groups are evaluated using multilevel regression analysis adjusting for baseline values. Discussion The study evaluates the effectiveness of a self-management patient education program for patients with FMS in the context of inpatient rehabilitation in a cluster randomized trial. Study results will show whether self-management patient education is beneficial for this group of patients.},
  language  = {en}
}