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Kate Lorig
Researcher at Stanford University
Publications - 204
Citations - 35608
Kate Lorig is an academic researcher from Stanford University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Randomized controlled trial. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 199 publications receiving 33023 citations. Previous affiliations of Kate Lorig include National Institutes of Health & University of Virginia.
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Self-management education: history, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms.
Kate Lorig,Halsted R. Holman +1 more
TL;DR: Evidence of the effectiveness of self-management interventions is presented and a possible mechanism, self-efficacy, through which these interventions work are posited.
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Patient Self-management of Chronic Disease in Primary Care
TL;DR: Self-management education complements traditional patient education in supporting patients to live the best possible quality of life with their chronic condition, and may soon become an integral part of high-quality primary care.
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Evidence suggesting that a chronic disease self-management program can improve health status while reducing hospitalization: a randomized trial.
Kate Lorig,David S. Sobel,Anita L. Stewart,Byron William Brown Jr.,Albert Bandura,Philip L. Ritter,Virginia Gonzalez,Diana Laurent,Halsted R. Holman +8 more
TL;DR: An intervention designed specifically to meet the needs of a heterogeneous group of chronic disease patients, including those with comorbid conditions, was feasible and beneficial beyond usual care in terms of improved health behaviors and health status.
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How should we define health
M. Huber,J.A. Knottnerus,Lawrence W. Green,H.E. van der Horst,Alejandro R. Jadad,D. Kromhout,B. Leonard,Kate Lorig,M.I. Loureiro,J. van der Meer,P. Schnabel,Richard Smith,C. van Weel,H. Smid +13 more
TL;DR: The WHO definition of health as complete wellbeing is no longer fit for purpose given the rise of chronic disease and Machteld Huber and colleagues propose changing the emphasis towards the ability to adapt and self manage in the face of social, physical, and emotional challenges.
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Development and evaluation of a scale to measure perceived self-efficacy in people with arthritis.
TL;DR: An instrument to measure perceived self-efficacy was developed through consultation with patients and physicians and through study of 4 groups of patients and showed that the instrument met appropriate standards.