Date	Event	Description
14 January 2022	Amended	Title changed
27 January 2020	New citation required and conclusions have changed	Complete rewrite of the review conducted. 21 new studies added. New risk of bias assessment completed for all included studies. References in background updated. Literature search run in March 2021 and not fully incorporated see Studies awaiting classification.
27 January 2020	New search has been performed	New literature search run.
7 July 2014	Amended	We amended the data for all‐cause hospitalisations. This outcome now favours the self‐management group (OR 0.60 95%CI 0.45 to 0.89) and the review was revised accordingly.
31 August 2011	New search has been performed	New literature search run
31 August 2011	New citation required and conclusions have changed	Complete rewrite of the review conducted. Summary of findings table added. 14 new studies added. New risk of bias assessment completed for all included studies. References in background updated Change of title—'education' removed
25 March 2008	Amended	Converted to new review format.
21 August 2007	New citation required and conclusions have changed	New studies: N = 7 (Bourbeau 2003; Boxall 2005; Coultas 2005a; Coutas 2005b; Martin 2004; Monninkhof 2003; Rea 2004) What these studies have added: Data on health related quality of life; exacerbations (hospitalisations, requirement for oral steroids); lung function (FEV1). Quality of life scores and respiratory‐related hospital admission now show significant benefits. Lung function parameters do not show a significant difference. Steroid‐treated exacerbations were not significantly different. How this has changed the review: The review now demonstrates that from the self‐management interventions assessed in the studies assembled in the review, patients were less likely to require hospital admissions when treated with this type of intervention. There was a small improvement in total quality of life scores measured by the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire. There were no indications of detrimental effects in other outcome parameters. The effects of different components of self‐management interventions and their requisite intensity requires more research.