How effective are expert patient (lay led) education programmes for chronic disease?

. 2007 Jun 16;334(7606):1254–1256. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39227.698785.47

Randomised trials of lay led self management programmes in the UK

Study	Intervention	Condition	No of patients	Outcome
Study	Intervention	Condition	No of patients	Self efficacy	Psychological health	Generic health related quality of life	Use of health care
Barlow et al 2000¹³	ASMP	Arthritis	544	Improved	Improved	Unchanged	Unchanged
Griffiths et al 2005¹⁵	CDSMP	Various	439	Improved	Unchanged	Unchanged	Unchanged
Buszewicz et al 2006¹²	ASMP	Arthritis	812	Improved	Unchanged	Unchanged	Unchanged
Kennedy et al 2007¹⁴	CDSMP	Various	521	Improved	Improved	Improved	Unchanged

ASMP= arthritis self management programme, CDSMP=chronic disease self management programme.