Affiliations 

  • 1 Primary Care Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selayang Campus, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2
BMC Fam Pract, 2014;15:151.
PMID: 25218689 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-151

Abstract

Chronic disease management presents enormous challenges to the primary care workforce because of the rising epidemic of cardiovascular risk factors. The chronic care model was proven effective in improving chronic disease outcomes in developed countries, but there is little evidence of its effectiveness in developing countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the EMPOWER-PAR intervention (multifaceted chronic disease management strategies based on the chronic care model) in improving outcomes for type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension using readily available resources in the Malaysian public primary care setting. This paper presents the study protocol.

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