Introduction The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is a widely used peer-led patient education intervention that imparts disease knowledge and self-management skills to people with chronic diseases. While the CDSMP was developed to be accessible to people with diverse chronic diseases, chronic disease self-management needs and beliefs can vary by clinical or cultural populations.
Questions remain regarding the range of populations it has been adapted for and the methods that have been used to make these modifications. This scoping review explores the following research questions: For which clinical and cultural populations has the CDSMP been adapted?
Which methods, frameworks and/or processes have been used to inform CDSMP adaptations? Methods We are conducting a scoping review with guidance from the JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis and Arksey and O'Malley's framework.
BMJ Open published a clinical update in Research Highlights on 18 May 2026.
The item focuses on Adaptations to the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for diverse clinical and cultural populations: a scoping review protocol.
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