Implementation of a self-management programme: recruitment strategies in five European countries

Abstract Introduction The Chronic Disease Self-Management Programme (CDSMP) has been successfully implemented in over 30 countries worldwide, demonstrating its effectiveness and cost savings to healthcare systems. The CDSMP aims at people with any chronic condition and caregivers, but it has not targeted specific vulnerable populations at different sites simultaneously. In this sense, this study presents the recruitment strategies to involve vulnerable populations in the CDSMP framed under the EU-funded project EFFICHRONIC (ref.: 738127). Methods The CDSMP was implemented in five countries (Spain, Italy, France, the Netherlands and the United Kinkdom) approaching several vulnerable target g…