| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Akrom 2015 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| Cameron‐Tucker 2016 | Wrong intervention: trial recruitment was halted. Intervention was telephone health‐mentoring |
| Demeyer 2017 | Wrong intervention: focus on physical activity only |
| DRKS00017275 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| Houchen‐Wolloff 2018 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| Ito 2017 | Wrong intervention: inhaler technique |
| Jerant 2008 | Wrong population: mixed population (< 50% COPD patients) |
| Jordan 2015 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| Kennedy 2013 | Wrong population: mixed population (< 50% COPD patients) |
| Koff 2020 | Wrong study design: quasi randomised study |
| Kwon 2018 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| Lorig 2006 | Wrong population: mixed population (< 50% COPD patients) |
| Martinez 2015 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| Mitchell‐Wagg 2012 | Wrong intervention: tele monitoring intervention |
| NCT01217710 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| NCT02568514 | Study withdrawn |
| NCT02632552 | Wrong intervention: not a supported self‐management intervention |
| NCT02832739 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| NCT03131622 | Wrong intervention: not a supported self‐management intervention |
| NCT03379233 | Wrong intervention: adherence to inhalers |
| NCT03387735 | Wrong population: COPD population was not included as described in the project summary in the trial registry |
| NCT03446768 | Wrong intervention: intervention to improve CPAP adherence in patients with COPD and OSA (overlap syndrome) |
| NCT03601403 | Wrong intervention: inhaler technique for AECOPD |
| NCT04108143 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| NCT04196699 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| NCT04299165 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| NL3827 (NTR4009) | Wrong intervention: pulmonary rehabilitation |
| North 2020 | Wrong population: AECOPD |
| Nyberg 2017 | Wrong study design: not an RCT |
| Redfern 2019 | Wrong intervention: pulmonary rehabilitation |
| Reguera 2017 | Wrong intervention: pulmonary rehabilitation |
| Ritchie 2016 | Wrong population: mixed population (< 50% COPD patients) |
| Rixon 2017 | Wrong intervention: tele monitoring intervention |
| Sink 2020 | Wrong intervention: not a self‐management intervention |
| Stenlund 2019 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| van der Weegan 2015 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| Voncken‐Brewster 2015 | Wrong population: mixed population (< 50% COPD patients) |
| Wan 2017 | Wrong intervention: physical activity |
| Windisch 2018 | Wrong intervention: not a self‐management intervention |
| Zhang 2013 | Wrong population: AECOPD |
AECOPD: acute exacerbation of COPD; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;RCT: randomised controlled trial.