Table 1.

Categories and descriptions of self-management interventions and support activities

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 or question-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, either through 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 seek 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).