TABLE 6, [Categories and descriptions of self-management...]. - A systematic review and metaethnography to identify how effective, cost-effective, accessible and acceptable self-management support interventions are for men with long-term conditions (SELF-MAN)

Self-management category	Description
Face-to-face support group	Any face-to-face support group. This could include peer- or professional-led groups and groups that were time-limited or rolling in nature. These groups usually involved sharing of personal information and experiences, sometimes including lectures and question-and-answer sessions. Groups classified here did not include activities such as physical activity or practising stress management techniques
Internet information and/or support	Any internet-based support activity, involving support through forums and discussion boards and/or information, through either boards or searching websites
Information (including online)	Any use of information, regardless of source
Psychological	Any intervention or activity with a clear psychological component (e.g. professional counselling) and/or described by the authors as psychological
Lifestyle	Any intervention or activity that includes components of training and/or education which seeks to address behaviour change (e.g. physical activity, diet, medication taking)
Various	Any combination of activities (e.g. any self-management services; counselling and peer support)

Self-management category

Description

Face-to-face support group

Any face-to-face support group. This could include peer- or professional-led groups and groups that were time-limited or rolling in nature. These groups usually involved sharing of personal information and experiences, sometimes including lectures and question-and-answer sessions. Groups classified here did not include activities such as physical activity or practising stress management techniques

Internet information and/or support

Any internet-based support activity, involving support through forums and discussion boards and/or information, through either boards or searching websites

Information (including online)

Any use of information, regardless of source

Psychological

Any intervention or activity with a clear psychological component (e.g. professional counselling) and/or described by the authors as psychological

Lifestyle

Any intervention or activity that includes components of training and/or education which seeks to address behaviour change (e.g. physical activity, diet, medication taking)

Various

Any combination of activities (e.g. any self-management services; counselling and peer support)

From: Chapter 3, Qualitative review methods

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A systematic review and metaethnography to identify how effective, cost-effective, accessible and acceptable self-management support interventions are for men with long-term conditions (SELF-MAN).

Health Services and Delivery Research, No. 3.34.

Galdas P, Darwin Z, Fell J, et al.

Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2015 Aug.

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