NCT00859638: I Am Able: rehabilitation in primary care

Study: I Am Able, a primary-care rehabilitation program combining functional assessment, action planning, self-management workshops, online monitoring, and team capacity building. 1 2 3

Published data: The 2012 report describes 60 intervention participants and 60 age/sex-matched controls, aged at least 44 with chronic illness; the registry's broader actual enrollment field is 124. Multivariate analyses found between-group differences in self-reported physical functioning (P=.004) and the combined physical-performance measures (P=.0025). Team capacity measures did not show significant within-group change. 1 2 3

Interpretation: This was a quasi-experimental, matched-control study, not a randomized trial. The findings support feasibility and identify differences in selected patient outcomes, but the statistical tests alone do not establish the size or clinical importance of every functional change. The authors emphasized that the short study period limited assessment of organizational capacity building. 2

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