Breakdown of OPTIMAL Programme | OPTIMAL has the following elements: |
1. Weekly group meetings for a six-week period held in local community health centres | |
2. Occupational Therapy focus | |
3. Peer support | |
4. Goal setting and prioritization based on patient preferences | |
OT interventions to support patient self-management used in the groups include: | |
• Self-management | |
• Fatigue and energy management | |
• Managing stress and anxiety and maintaining mental health and well-being | |
• Keeping physically active | |
• Healthy eating | |
• Managing medications | |
• Effective communication strategies | |
• Goal setting | |
One of the weekly sessions incorporates education on physical activity delivered by a physiotherapist and another incorporates medicines management, delivered by a pharmacist |