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Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases

Collection published in Implementation Science, Trials, International Journal of Mental Health Systems, and BMC Family Practice.

New Content ItemThis article collection reports on the Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases (TICD) project. The TICD project developed and tested programs to improve healthcare for patients with chronic diseases in five European countries, and examined methods for tailoring such programs to target groups and settings. Read the introduction to the project here.

The Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases project is funded by the European Community under its Framework 7 program

This collection of articles has undergone each journal’s standard peer review process and the participating journal Editors declare no competing interests.

  1. We developed and evaluated a tailored programme to implement three evidence-based recommendations for multimorbid patients with polypharmacy into primary care practices: structured medication counselling inclu...

    Authors: Cornelia Jäger, Jost Steinhäuser, Tobias Freund, Sarah Kuse, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: Implementation Science 2017 12:31
  2. Multimorbid patients receiving polypharmacy represent a growing population at high risk for negative health outcomes. Tailoring is an approach of systematic intervention development taking account of previousl...

    Authors: Cornelia Jäger, Tobias Freund, Jost Steinhäuser, Christian Stock, Johannes Krisam, Petra Kaufmann-Kolle, Michel Wensing and Joachim Szecsenyi
    Citation: Implementation Science 2017 12:8
  3. A tailored implementation programme to improve cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) in general practice had little impact on outcomes. The questions in this process evaluation concerned (1) impact on counsell...

    Authors: E. Huntink, M. Wensing, I. M. Timmers and J. van Lieshout
    Citation: Implementation Science 2016 11:164
  4. Although there is evidence that tailored implementation strategies can be effective, there is little evidence on which methods of tailoring improve the effect. We designed and evaluated five tailored programs ...

    Authors: C. Jäger, J. Steinhäuser, T. Freund, R. Baker, S. Agarwal, M. Godycki-Cwirko, A. Kowalczyk, E. Aakhus, I. Granlund, J. van Lieshout, J. Szecsenyi and M. Wensing
    Citation: Implementation Science 2016 11:123
  5. Counselling on health-related lifestyles is key to the prevention and management of chronic diseases. After comprehensive study of determinants of its delivery in general practice and strategies to improve, we...

    Authors: Jan van Lieshout, Elke Huntink, Jan Koetsenruijter and Michel Wensing
    Citation: Implementation Science 2016 11:115
  6. Tailoring is a frequent component of approaches for implementing clinical practice guidelines, although evidence on how to maximise the effectiveness of tailoring is limited. In England, overweight and obesity...

    Authors: Jane Goodfellow, Shona Agarwal, Fawn Harrad, David Shepherd, Tom Morris, Arne Ring, Nicola Walker, Stephen Rogers and Richard Baker
    Citation: Implementation Science 2016 11:77
  7. Elderly patients with depression are underdiagnosed, undertreated and run a high risk of a chronic course. General practitioners adhere to clinical practice guidelines to a limited degree. In the international...

    Authors: Eivind Aakhus, Ingeborg Granlund, Jan Odgaard-Jensen, Andrew D. Oxman and Signe A. Flottorp
    Citation: Implementation Science 2016 11:32
  8. Although conditions for high quality cardiovascular risk management in primary care in the Netherlands are favourable, there still remains a gap between practice guideline recommendations and practice. The aim...

    Authors: E. Huntink, M. Wensing, M. A. Klomp and J. van Lieshout
    Citation: BMC Family Practice 2015 16:179
  9. To improve adherence to evidence-based recommendations, it is logical to identify determinants of practice and tailor interventions to address these. We have previously prioritised six recommendations to impro...

    Authors: Eivind Aakhus, Ingeborg Granlund, Andrew D. Oxman and Signe A. Flottorp
    Citation: International Journal of Mental Health Systems 2015 9:36
  10. Tailored strategies to implement evidence-based practice can be generated in several ways. In this study, we explored the usefulness of group interviews for generating these strategies, focused on improving he...

    Authors: Elke Huntink, Jan van Lieshout, Eivind Aakhus, Richard Baker, Signe Flottorp, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Cornelia Jäger, Anna Kowalczyk, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: Implementation Science 2014 9:185
  11. The tailoring of implementation interventions includes the identification of the determinants of, or barriers to, healthcare practice. Different methods for identifying determinants have been used in implement...

    Authors: Jane Krause, Jan Van Lieshout, Rien Klomp, Elke Huntink, Eivind Aakhus, Signe Flottorp, Cornelia Jaeger, Jost Steinhaeuser, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Anna Kowalczyk, Shona Agarwal, Michel Wensing and Richard Baker
    Citation: Implementation Science 2014 9:102
  12. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains a major health problem, strongly related to smoking. Despite the publication of practice guidelines on prevention and treatment, not all patients with the d...

    Authors: Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Izabela Zakowska, Katarzyna Kosiek, Michel Wensing, Jaroslaw Krawczyk and Anna Kowalczyk
    Citation: Trials 2014 15:109
  13. In the ‘Tailored Implementation for Chronic Diseases (TICD)’ project, five tailored implementation programs to improve healthcare delivery in different chronic conditions have been developed. These programs wi...

    Authors: Cornelia Jäger, Tobias Freund, Jost Steinhäuser, Eivind Aakhus, Signe Flottorp, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Jan van Lieshout, Jane Krause, Joachim Szecsenyi and Michel Wensing
    Citation: Trials 2014 15:87
  14. In the UK around 22% of men and 24% of women are obese, and there are varying but worrying levels in other European countries. Obesity is a chronic condition that carries an important health risk. National gui...

    Authors: Jane Krause, Shona Agarwal, Danielle H Bodicoat, Arne Ring, David Shepherd, Stephen Rogers, Michel Wensing and Richard Baker
    Citation: Trials 2014 15:82
  15. The prevalence of depression is high and the elderly have an increased risk of developing chronic course. International data suggest that depression in the elderly is under-recognised, the latency before clini...

    Authors: Eivind Aakhus, Ingeborg Granlund, Jan Odgaard-Jensen, Michel Wensing, Andrew D Oxman and Signe A Flottorp
    Citation: Trials 2014 15:16
  16. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an important worldwide cause of mortality. In The Netherlands, CVD is the leading cause of death for women and the second cause of death for men. Recommendations for diagnosis a...

    Authors: Elke Huntink, Naomi Heijmans, Michel Wensing and Jan van Lieshout
    Citation: Trials 2013 14:433
  17. Multimorbid patients frequently receive complex medication regimens and are at higher risk for adverse drug reactions and hospitalisations. Managing patients with polypharmacy is demanding, because it requires...

    Authors: Cornelia Jäger, Tobias Freund, Jost Steinhäuser, Stefanie Joos, Michel Wensing and Joachim Szecsenyi
    Citation: Trials 2013 14:420
  18. Determinants of practice are factors that might prevent or enable improvements. Several checklists, frameworks, taxonomies, and classifications of determinants of healthcare professional practice have been pub...

    Authors: Signe A Flottorp, Andrew D Oxman, Jane Krause, Nyokabi R Musila, Michel Wensing, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Richard Baker and Martin P Eccles
    Citation: Implementation Science 2013 8:35
  19. The assumption underlying tailoring is that implementation interventions are most helpful if these effectively address the most important determinants of practice for improvement in the targeted setting. The a...

    Authors: Michel Wensing, Andy Oxman, Richard Baker, Maciek Godycki-Cwirko, Signe Flottorp, Joachim Szecsenyi, Jeremy Grimshaw and Martin Eccles
    Citation: Implementation Science 2011 6:103