Study	Reason for exclusion
Bauman 2010	No relevant comparison group: the trial compared self‐monitoring with self‐management
Bussey 2010	Non‐randomised trial.
Bussey 2011	Non‐randomised trial.
Christensen 2001	Non‐randomised trial.
Christensen 2003	Non‐randomised trial.
Clarkesmith 2013	Intervention was educational and did not comprise self‐monitoring or self‐management.
Gallagher 2015	Secondary report of a trial already included in the review
Hambleton 2003	Not a clinical trial.
Hasenkam 1997	Non‐randomised trial.
Hasenkam 1998	Non‐randomised trial.
Heidinger 2000	Non‐randomised trial.
Horstkotte 2004	Non‐comparative study.
Lafata 2000	Non‐randomised trial.
Laurence 2008	No intervention of interest evaluated
Leger 2004	Non‐comparative study.
Levi 2001	Non‐comparative study.
Piso 2002	Non‐randomised, comparative study.
Rosengart 2002	Not a clinical trial.
Schmidtke 2001	Non‐randomised trial.
Staresinic 2006	Self‐monitoring/self‐management not included in the intervention
Sunderji 2005	No intervention of interest evaluated.
Watzke 2000	Non‐randomised study.