BACKGROUND: @entity1 with chronic conditions and limited access to health care experience stressful challenges resulting from the burden of managing both their conditions and their daily life demands. Resilience provides a mechanism of adapting to stressful experiences. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the evidence about interventions to enhance resiliency in managing @entity101 or @entity164 2 @entity6 in vulnerable populations and to assess the efficacy of these interventions on clinical outcomes. METHODS: We searched multiple databases from early inception through February 2015 including randomized controlled trials that enrolled @entity1 with @entity164 2 @entity6 or @entity101 . All interventions that targeted resilience in vulnerable populations were included. Data were synthesized to describe the characteristics and efficacy of resiliency interventions. We pooled the total effects by calculating standardized mean difference using the random-effects model. RESULTS: The final search yielded 17 studies. All studies were conducted in the United States and generally targeted minority @entity1 . Resiliency interventions used diverse strategies; discussion groups or workshops were the most common approach. CONCLUSIONS: Interventions aimed at enhancing the resiliency of @entity1 from vulnerable groups are diverse. Outcomes were not fully conclusive. There was some evidence that resiliency interventions had a positive effect on hemoglobin @entity3916 levels but not blood pressure. The incorporation of resiliency-oriented interventions into the arsenal of preventing and managing chronic conditions appears to be an opportunity that remains to be better investigated and exploited, and there is need to pursue further understanding of the core components of any intervention that claims to enhance resilience.

Resilience in Vulnerable Populations With @entity6 and XXXX : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertension'] @entity3916 :: ('c|SUB|A|1|C', 'DNAMutation') :: ['A1C'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity164 :: ('MESH:D017827', 'Disease') :: ['type']
@entity101 :: (MESH:D006973,Disease) :: ['Hypertension']
