The predominant data on self-care management suggest that patients and affected persons should become the leading caregiver. Personal support and self-management by individuals affected by skin NTDs and their families should be promoted. In addition, the need for a cultural understanding in addressing skin and wound management interventions for the NTDs included highlights the importance of combining and integrating services and activities to deliver such interventions. However, the quality of the data is disputable as only three of the studies adopted a randomised controlled trial design guaranteeing quality of data. Future research should focus on outlining and implementing community-based strategies to overcome stigma, and on demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed measures.
BT - Management, Policy-analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Health and Life Sciences – International Public Health CN - JANSEN2017 CY - Amsterdam LA - eng M3 - Thesis N2 -The predominant data on self-care management suggest that patients and affected persons should become the leading caregiver. Personal support and self-management by individuals affected by skin NTDs and their families should be promoted. In addition, the need for a cultural understanding in addressing skin and wound management interventions for the NTDs included highlights the importance of combining and integrating services and activities to deliver such interventions. However, the quality of the data is disputable as only three of the studies adopted a randomised controlled trial design guaranteeing quality of data. Future research should focus on outlining and implementing community-based strategies to overcome stigma, and on demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed measures.
PB - Vrije Universiteit PP - Amsterdam PY - 2017 EP - 41 p T2 - Management, Policy-analysis and Entrepreneurship in the Health and Life Sciences – International Public Health TI - Systematic review: skin and wound management interventions related to skin-neglected tropical diseases. ER -