ADOPTED: Personalised social and self-management support for better
living with multiple long-term conditions in the community (CO-ACTION)
Chief Investigators: Dr Dorit Kunkell, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton and Professor Mari Carmen Portillo, School of Health Sciences, University of Southampton.
Team:
Dr Hannah Wheat, Professor Victoria Allgar and Professor Richard Byng from the University of Plymouth.
Miss Francesca White, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board (ICB).
Dr Tom Blakeman and Professor Peter Bower from the University of Manchester.
Professor Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Associate Professor Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva, Dr Annika Jödicke and Miss Maria T Sanchez-Santos from the University of Oxford.
Dr Lindsey Cherry and Dr Kate Lippiett from the University of Southampton.
Mr Eric Compton, Patient and Public Contributor, Southampton.
Start: 1 June 2024
End: 30 November 2028
The CO-ACTION programme aims to improve wellbeing for people with multiple health problems.
Living with Multiple Long-Term Conditions often called ‘Multimorbidity’ (MLTC-M) involves multiple appointments and care plans. Patient priorities are often overlooked.
Common issues include pain, mobility problems and fewer interactions with friends and family. This can lead to loneliness and poorer mental health.
The research team will work with fellow researchers, health, social care and VCSE sector workers to co-design and test a health and wellbeing intervention with and for people living with MLTC-M.
To evaluate the CO-ACTION intervention: We will run a trial involving 500 people living with MLTC-M and carers.
Half will receive the intervention. The other half will continue with usual care. We will recruit participants (with Patient and Public Involvement support) in health and community settings in Manchester, Leeds, Plymouth, and Southampton.
Wellbeing, quality of life, unplanned hospital admissions, and costs will be assessed at the beginning, 6 and 12 months later.
Researchers will test how this intervention can be adopted in the NHS in six case study sites. Public and patient (PPIE) contributors will help us design materials, consider challenges and provide feedback on findings.