1. Study design.
| Study ID | Dates | Recruitment/Randomisation unit | Follow‐up | Length SME (educator) | RAN, n/WD, n |
Age*, years/ % male |
% current smokers |
FEV1 % pred* INT‐CONT |
QoL INT‐CONT |
| Martin 2004 | Not known | Consortium practices, New Zealand/participants | 12 months | Single interview, length not stated (respiratory nurse) | 96/26 | 70/51 | n/a | 35‐34 | 57‐51 |
| McGeoch 2004 | 7/2002‐ 12/2003 | 2 groups of practices, New Zealand/practice | 12 months | 1 hour (practice nurse or respiratory educator) | 159/9 | 71/59 | 28 | 55‐53 | 43‐37 |
| Rootmensen 2008 (all participants) | Not known | 1 hospital pulmonary outpatient clinic, Netherlands/ participants | 6 months | 45 minutes (pulmonary nurse) | 157 (111 COPD)/17 | 60/55 | 12 | 57‐64 | n/a |
| Rice 2010 | 07/2004‐ 07/2008 | Centralised electronic medical record database/participants | 12 months | 1 to 1.5‐hour group educational session (case manager) | 743/84 | 70/98 | 22 | 36.1‐38.1 | n/a |
| Trappenburg 2011 | 12/2008‐ 12/2010 | 8 regional hospitals and 5 general practices/participants (stratified by gender and centre) | 6 months | Single interview, length not stated (nurse case manager). | 233/41 | 66/57 | 29 | 56.7‐56.5 | n/a |
| Watson 1997 | 1993‐ 07/1994 | 12 practices, 22 GPs, New Zealand/participants | 6 months | Single interview, length not stated (practice nurse) | 69/13 | 68/65 | 28 | 37‐36 | 43‐39 |
| Wood‐Baker 2006 | 2002‐2003 | 54 GPs, 31 practices, Australia/practice | 12 months | 1 hour (respiratory research nurse) | 139/27 | 70/76 | 42 | 46‐44 | 47‐47 |
*: mean; AP: action plan; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FEV1: forced expiratory volume in one second; GP: general practitioner; INT‐CONT: intervention group‐control group; QoL: % impairment quality of life 0‐100; RAN: randomisation; SME: self‐management education; WD: withdrawal or death.