Chronic Disease Management

Follow the links below to find information about managing chronic diseases.

Updated May 2008 

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Title:   Chronic asthma in a female
Publisher:   Clinical Management and Treatment Education (CLIMATE)
Description:   Chronic Asthma is about learning to manage a chronic condition. This is a preview of the CLIMATE treatment program for chronic asthma in a female.
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Mental health - care plans
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Care plans are for people who have several health care providers working with them. A care plan puts down on paper who is providing which services to meet the person's mental health needs.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Allied health (individual) services under Medicare
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Medicare rebates for certain allied health services are available for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs on referral from their GP.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Effectiveness of shared care across the interface between primary and specialty care in chronic disease management
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Shared care across the primary-specialty interface has been defined as the joint participation of primary care physicians and specialty care physicians in the planned delivery of care, informed by an enhanced information exchange, over and above routine...
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Humidity control for chronic asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The health benefits of dehumidification of the home environment of patients with asthma were studied. Only one study qualified to be included in the review. No evidence is available to support the use of dehumidification on the clinical status of asthma...
Date:   Sep 2001
Title:   Course of illness
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Illness trajectory or course of illness is a phrase that is sometimes used in medicine. It describes the "usual" pattern of illnesses take from the time of diagnosis to the time of death.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Education interventions for adults who attend the emergency room for acute asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Self-management and education plans are widely recommended for treating chronic asthma; however, despite widespread endorsement of this intervention acute asthma continues to affect a large number of adults globally. We reviewed evidence from randomised...
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Compression for preventing recurrence of venous ulcers
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Venous leg ulcers (open sores) can be caused by a blockage or breakdown in the veins of the legs. Compression, using bandages or hosiery (stockings), can help heal most of these ulcers, and might be able to prevent ulcers returning. However, the review ...
Date:   Aug 2000
Title:   Methotrexate for induction of remission in refractory Crohn's disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Although corticosteroids are effective for treating Crohn's disease, approximately 20% of patients who respond become sick again when steroids are withdrawn and become steroid dependent. Furthermore, corticosteroids exhibit significant adverse effects....
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic bronchitis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Smokers can develop a persistent cough and sputum. This is known as chronic bronchitis. When these individuals have respiratory infections they may have an increase in cough and sputum and become more breathless. There has been debate about whether cont...
Date:   Feb 2001
Title:   Chronic disease self-management
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   How to self mamage a chronic condition in partnership with your health provider
Title:   Compression therapy for treating stage I and II (Widmer) post-thrombotic syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People who have had a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can develop post-thrombotic syndrome. This is caused by long-term clots in the affected leg and poor venous blood flow, resulting in leg pain, swelling ankles and hardened discoloured skin. The symptoms a...
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Ciclesonide versus other inhaled steroids for chronic asthma in children and adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inhaled corticosteroids, such as budesonide, beclomethasone or fluticasone, which have been available for many years, have proven to be an important therapy for controlling the inflammation caused by asthma. They are given usually twice daily, and are r...
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Calcium and phosphate
Publisher:   Kidney Health Australia
Description:   Information on maintaining the calcium and phosphate balance with kidney disease
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Interactive Health Communication Applications for people with chronic disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   People with chronic disease have multiple needs, including information about their illness and the various treatment options; social support; support with making decisions; and help with achieving behaviour change, for example, ch...
Date:   Aug 2005
Title:   Combination fluticasone and salmeterol versus fixed dose combination budesonide and formoterol for chronic asthma in adults and children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Persistent asthma often requires the combination of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting beta2-agonists (LABA). This systematic review examined randomised controlled trials comparing two commonly available combinations administered at fixed dos...
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   COPD-X management tools
Publisher:   The Australian Lung Foundation
Description:   This page contains tools to assist health professionals in the management of COPD-X. The tools include, COPD-X Checklist, COPD Action Plan, COPD Algorithm, Patient Questionnaire, and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Toolkit.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   CLIMATE (Clinical Management and Treatment Education) GP
Publisher:   Clinical Management and Treatment Education (CLIMATE)
Description:   CLIMATE Recovery Courses provide health information to people under the care of a clinician to help them learn how to manage their disorder better. Climate has Recovery Courses for Anxiety, Asthma, Arthritis, Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Heart Failure and Incontinence.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Anticholinergic agents for chronic asthma in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Anticholinergic agents such as Atrovent are sometimes used to treat people with asthma as a bronchodilator that opens up the airways in the lungs. This review found that although this treatment was better than placebo, the size of the effect was rather ...
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Psychological therapies for the management of chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Psychological therapies (relaxation, hypnosis, coping skills training, biofeedback, cognitive behavioural therapy) are treatments which may help people manage severe pain and its disabling consequences. For children and adolescents there is good evidenc...
Date:   Nov 2002
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