A realist review: what do nurse‐led self‐management interventions achieve for outpatients with a chronic condition?

Aim The aim of this study was to examine how nurse‐led interventions that support self‐management of outpatients with chronic conditions work and in what contexts they work successfully. Background Self‐management could be directed at goals such as quality of life, adherence or patients’ empowerment. Self‐management support is an increasingly important task of nurses. Many nurse‐led interventions have been developed but it is not clear how these...