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