• María Elena Lagos-Garrido, Alide Salazar-Molina, and Katia Sáez-Carrillo.
• Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
• Rev Med Chil. 2022 Jun 1; 150 (6): 754763754-763.

BackgroundThe Chronic Care Model promotes the link between informed, activated patients with proactive and prepared health care teams.AimTo evaluate the effect of an intervention aimed at strengthening the implementation of the Chronic Care Model in the care provided by health teams to users with chronic diseases.Material And MethodsQuasi-experiment study. Four health centers were randomly selected, divided into intervention and control groups, with 86 participants who met the selection criteria and agreed to participate in the study. A blended learning training program, lasting six months, was applied in intervened centers to incorporate the elements of the Chronic Care Model. The results were assessed using the questionnaire "Assessment of chronic illness care, internal client version 3.5" adapted to Chilean Spanish.ResultsA significant post-intervention improvement in the global score of attention evaluation was observed in the group that received the intervention, changing from basic su- pport to reasonably good support. Also, specific improvements were seen in five sections of the attention assessment.ConclusionsThis intervention improved the evaluation of chronic disease care in the intervention group.

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