Characteristics of included reviews (n = 25) | N (%) |
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Types of participants | Â |
 Patients | 23 (92%) |
 Clinicians | 9 (36%) |
 Family members/caregivers | 4 (16%) |
 Othera | 5 (20%) |
Data types in included reviews | Â |
 Qualitative | 24 (96%) |
 Quantitative | 8 (32%) |
 Mixed Methods | 13 (52%) |
 Not reported | 1 (4%) |
Health condition type | Â |
 Cardiovascular | 4 (16%) |
 Diabetes | 6 (24%) |
 Mental Health | 2 (8%) |
 Musculoskeletal | 4 (16%) |
 Neurological | 2 (8%) |
 Renal | 1 (4%) |
 Respiratory | 1 (4%) |
 Mixed chronic conditions | 5 (20%) |
Intervention type | Â |
 Nutrition | 2 (8%) |
 Physical | 10 (40%) |
 Psychological | 3 (12%) |
 Combined | 4 (16%) |
 Self-management | 6 (24%) |
Characteristics of primary studies (n = 452) | Count (%) |
Participants | 44,852 |
 Patients | 36,367 (81%) |
 Clinicians | 8154 (18%) |
 Family members/caregivers | 66 (0.1%) |
 Othera | 95 (0.2%) |
 Count by type not specified | 270 (1%) |
 Not reported | 3 studies |
Regions | 24 countries |
 Africa | 1 (0.2%) |
 Asia | 19 (4%) |
 Europe | 185 (41%) |
 North America | 129 (29%) |
 South America | 3 (1%) |
 Oceania | 43 (10%) |
 Not reported | 4 (1%) |