Tab. I.

The specifications relevant to the significance of self-management in chronic diseases.

Row	Author/ place/ year	Purpose	Article type	Target population	Results
1	Tan SS, et al. 2019 [7]	Evaluation of self-management programs in chronic patients	Clinical trial	Chronic patients	Implementation of a self-management program (CDSMP) could increase the ability of patients in self-management
2	Van de Velde D, et al. 2019 [26]	Analysis of the self-management concept in chronic diseases	Concept analysis	Relevant articles on the self-management concept	The self-management should be considered in healthcare systems as an educational program
3	Wainwright T, Low M 2020 [27]	Analysis of the reason for participatory self-management and its role in rehabilitation programs of COVID-19 patients	Letter to editor	-	Participatory self-management should be considered as an essential element in the rehabilitation programs of COVID-19 patients
4	Ghosh A, Gupta R, Misra A 2020 [28]	The effect of telemedicine in diabetes self-management during the COVID epidemic	Review	Relevant articles	Telemedicine is a useful tool for self-management of diabetes patients during the COVID epidemic
5	Izzedine H, Jhaveri KD, Perazella MA 2020 [29]	Analysis of the treatment options of COVID-19 in kidney patients	Letter to editor	Renal patients with COVID-19	Pharmacological treatment in kidney patients with COVID-19 should be modified concerning side effects of medicine and effects on kidney function
6	Plevinsky JM, et al. 2020 [30]	Analysis of the effect of COVID-19 on self-management and treatment follow-up in kids	Original paper	Kids with chronic diseases	Supporting kids with chronic diseases and their families is essential for the healthcare team to enhance their coping with the changes caused by the COVID epidemic, and access to modern medications, such as telemedicine programs
7	Leonardi M, et al. 2020 [31]	Analysis of the effect of self-management strategies on symptoms of patients with endometriosis during the corona epidemic	Original paper	Endometriosis patients	Effectiveness of using non-pharmacological methods, along with using diet regime, to reduce the symptoms of endometriosis patients
8	Kaye L, et al. 2020 [32]	Analysis of change in treatment follow-up procedures and self-management of COPD and asthma patients during the corona epidemic	Original paper	Patients with COPD and asthma	Following treatment in COPD and asthma patients in the first weak of corona lead to reduced need to treat the severe pulmonary complications of these patients