What is it about?
We wanted to test the newly-developed Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire (LTCQ) in a broad sample of people with a one or more physical and/or mental health long-term conditions, to see whether the LTCQ measures 'living well with long-term conditions' in the way it was designed to.
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Why is it important?
Many people are living with one or more long-term conditions and health and social care services can support people to minimise the impact the conditions have on their daily lives. Health and social care services in England are currently being integrated, so a measure of living well with long-term conditions for use across health and/or social care services, is needed.
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This research is timely, as the number of people with two or more long-term conditions is rising. I hope that readers recognise the value in a measure that can be used across both health and social care, particularly as services become more closely aligned.
Miss Diane Fox
University of Kent
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This page is a summary of: Long-Term Conditions Questionnaire (LTCQ): initial validation survey among primary care patients and social care recipients in England, BMJ Open, November 2017, BMJ,
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019235.
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