Effects of community‐based case management by visiting nurses for low‐income patients with hypertension in South Korea

Abstract

This study serves as a baseline for visiting nurse-driven case management for low-income patients with hypertension. Its findings suggest that visiting nurse-driven case management targeting the self management of BP can foster improved BP control for newly diagnosed hypertensive patients in low-income populations.

Case management effectiveness for managing chronic illnesses in Korea: a systematic review

“…The qualifications nurses should have for delivering interventions was reported by Kim et al. () and So et al. ().…”

“…Self‐management activities are important indicators of chronic illness control (Kim et al. ). Four studies reported changes in self‐management (Cho et al.…”

“…Participants’ knowledge of chronic illness(es) was also measured by four studies (Kim & Jeong ; Kim et al. ; Shin et al. ; So et al.…”

“…In Korea, chronic illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease have led to increasing healthcare costs, especially because chronic illnesses are frequently comorbid diseases (Kim et al. , ; Shin et al. ).…”

“…Since then, case management programmes have expanded beyond Medical Aid beneficiaries, and case management services have increasingly become recognized as models for healthcare delivery (Kim et al. ; Shin & Oh ).…”