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A cluster randomised controlled trial of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a 'whole systems' model of self-management support for the management of long- term conditions in primary care: trial protocol

Peter Bower1, Anne Kennedy1*, David Reeves1, Anne Rogers1, Tom Blakeman1, Carolyn Chew-Graham1, Robert Bowen1, Martin Eden1, Caroline Gardner1, Mark Hann1, Victoria Lee1, Rebecca Morris1, Joanne Protheroe2, Gerry Richardson3, Caroline Sanders1, Angela Swallow1 and David Thompson4

Author Affiliations

1 Primary Care Research Group, Community Based Medicine, University of Manchester, 5th Floor Williamson Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

2 Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Arthritis Research UK Primary Care Centre, Keele University, UK

3 Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK

4 Section GI Science, School of Translational Medicine- Hope, Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK

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Implementation Science 2012, 7:7 doi:10.1186/1748-5908-7-7

Published: 26 January 2012

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Additional file 1:

Outcome measures. Details of the outcome measures used in the trial [62-85].

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Additional file 2:

Process Evaluation. Outline of the process evaluation [86,87].

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A qualitative study of the role of patients' social networks for long-term condition management in primary care. Outline of the qualitative study [88-90].

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