Date	Event	Description
18 January 2016	New search has been performed	This updated review includes 2 new studies (Rice 2010; Trappenburg 2011) and 976 additional participants. In planning this update, before we ran searches, the review author team made changes to the protocol.We prespecified inclusion criteria to permit limited support directed only at use of the action plan (up to monthly). We prespecified that we would perform subgroup analysis to compare studies with and without this limited ongoing support. We updated the outcomes and added to the review information on cost‐effectiveness; we withdrew information on acute exacerbations, functional capacity, symptom scores and days lost from work. In addition, we updated the Methods section to reflect MECIR standards for conduct of a review, and we revised outcomes and the Summary of findings table.
18 January 2016	New citation required and conclusions have changed	The new evidence included in this updated review now supports action plans with ongoing support. Moderate‐quality evidence suggests benefit derived from COPD action plans for healthcare utilisation.