Table 2.
Summary of the characteristics from included studies (n = 497).
| Variable |
n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Type of population | Patient Patient and informal caregiver |
494 [99] 3 (0.6) |
| Type of comparison | Head-to-head interventions Intervention vs usual care |
244 (49) 253 (51) |
| Type of usual care (n = 253) | Usual care Usual care plus |
140 (55) 113(45) |
| Study site. Type of centre. | Single centre Multi-centre Unclear Not reported |
269 (54) 156 (31) 57(12) 15 (3) |
| Study site. Continent of implementation | Europe Outside Europe |
100 (20) 392 (80) |
| Sex (n = 480) | Sex as inclusion criteria Median (IQR) percentage of females |
137(28) 84 (68–100) |
| Age (n = 493) | Age as inclusion criteria Median (IQR) age |
415 (84) 48 (44–54) |
| Socio-economic status data included | 16 (3) | |
| Minority cultural groups data included | 48 (10) | |
| Health literacy data included | 1 (0.2) | |
| Time since diagnosis (years) | Time since diagnosis - (data available) Time since diagnosis as inclusion criteria Median (IQR) years |
5 (1) 2 (0.4) 6.5 (3.9–8.2) |
| Measure of disease control (n = 490) | BMI as disease control measure | 477 (97) |
| Presence of other condition | Presence of other condition (data available) | 91(18) |
| Presence of other condition as inclusion criteria | 80 (16) | |
| Type of condition described | Diabetes – 33 (7) Hypertension – 12 (2) Cancer – 7 (1) Depression – 6 (1) Osteoarthritis – 5 (1) |
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