What makes patient self-management programs work? new study investigates
NCT ID NCT05950451
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed observational study from France aimed to identify the best educational and organizational features that help self-management education programs succeed in multi-professional health centres. Researchers surveyed health agencies and interviewed staff from selected centres. The goal was to understand what helps create, run, and maintain these programs, which teach patients how to manage their own health.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help design better self-management education programs for patients with chronic conditions.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed observational study with only 33 participants, so findings may not apply broadly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
For the first phase, the population study will be composed of all the regional health authorities agencies. For the second phase, the population study will be composed of 10 to 15 multiprofessional health centres, with in each 5 to 7 individual interviews with health care professionals. The population will be composed of 105 health care professionals
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
First phase (quantitative survey): All regional health authority agencies will be surveyed on all self-management programmes developed by multiprofessional health centres since 2014 (estimated number of 270 in France in 2021). Second phase (qualitative survey): In the first time, for the selection of the multiprofessional health centres , we will realized a varied sampling in search of maximum variation of the multiprofessional health centres according to the results of the first phase (continuation or not of the program, location of the programme, number of health care professionals in the educational team and presence of expert patients, theme of the programme...). In a second phase, for the individual interviews, we will carry out a varied sampling in search of maximum variation reflecting the plurality of the educational team observed in the documentary survey of each multiprofessional health centres. The educational team includes healthcare professionals from the multiprofessional health centres and expert patients. There is no exclusion criteria.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Delaurens
Rennes, Brittany Region, 35033, France
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