Results of the largest ever multimorbidity trial in primary care challenge current thinking

In the largest ever trial of an intervention to treat people with multiple long-term conditions (multimorbidity) in primary care, researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Manchester, Dundee and Glasgow found that the patient-centred approach taken improved patients’ experience of their care but did not improve their health-related quality of life. This is a challenge to current thinking on which UK and international guidelines are based. In a study involving 1,546 patients from England and Scotland, they found that by making health reviews more patient-centred, such as involving patients in the planning and delivery of their care, overall patient satisfaction improved