People with Multiple Long-Term Health Problems: Personalized Care Planning

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Public Health
• Health Management

Background:

• Personalized care planning is a collaborative approach for managing long-term health conditions.
• It involves identifying and addressing problems related to a health condition through joint discussion between patients and healthcare professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

• To map existing evidence on the impact of personalized care planning management.
• To assess its effect on health outcomes for individuals with multiple long-term health problems in community settings.

Main Methods:

• A scoping review was conducted following the Joanna Briggs Institute protocol.
• Searches were performed across online databases for studies published between 2016 and 2021 in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• Studies involving adults with chronic diseases or long-term conditions, excluding those with dementia or intellectual disability, were included.

Main Results:

• The review identified nursing interventions and strategies employed in personalized care planning.
• These interventions were found to promote health gains, such as maintaining health and well-being.
• The management of personalized care planning by nurses was linked to positive health outcomes.

Conclusions:

• Nurses utilize a diverse array of interventions and strategies within personalized care planning.
• These efforts effectively promote health gains for patients.
• Personalized care planning, particularly for individuals with multimorbidity, can also lead to reduced workload for nurses.