Table A3: Intervention Characteristics.

Study, year	Name of Intervention	Setting	Intensity (number of episodes/duration of episode, min/total duration, weeks)	Delivery	Content	Provider	Tailored to Initial Assessmenta	Follow-up Assessment and Modificationb	Baseline Supplementc
Lorig et al, 1999 (4)	CDSMP	Group Patient with family	7/150/7	Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Fu et al, 2003 (17)	Modified CDSMP	Group	7/150/7	Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders Other	No	Yes	No
Lorig et al, 2003 (15)	Tomando Control de su Salud (modified CDSMP)	Group Patient with family	6/150/6	Audio Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Griffiths et al, 2005 (19)	Modified CDSMP	Group	6/180/6	Face-to-face Video	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Self-management Social support (6 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Lorig et al, 2006 (14)	Internet-based CDSMP	Individual	18/90/6	Internet Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Swerissen et al, 2006 (16)	Modified CDSMP	Group	6/150/6	Audio Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Elzen et al, 2007 (18)	Modified CDSMP	Group	6/150/6	Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Psychologist	No	Yes	No
Kennedy et al, 2007 (12)	Modified-CDSMP (EPP)	Group	6/150/6	Face-to-face Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders	No	Yes	No
Jerant et al, 2009 (10)	Home-based CDSMP (HIOH)	Individual	6/120/6	Face-to-face Telephone Written	Communication with providers Lifestyle (diet, exercise) Medication management Psychological Symptom management Self-management Social support (7 of 8)	Lay leaders Nurse	No	Yes	No
Hochhalter et al, 2010 (13)	Making the Most of Your Healthcare	Group	1/120/1	Face-to-face Telephone	Communication with providers Self-management Social support (3 of 8)	Research staff	No	Yes	No

Abbreviations: CDSMP, Chronic Disease Self-Management Program; EPP, Expert Patient Programme; HIOH, Homing in on Health.

^aDescribes whether the intervention was personally tailored based on an initial assessment.

^bDescribes whether participants in the intervention were followed during the course of intervention or afterwards, and whether their treatment was modified according to follow-up assessments.

^cDescribes whether both intervention and control were provided with some form of baseline supplement.