Patients’ and healthcare professionals’ perceptions of self-management support interactions: Systematic review and qualitative synthesis

ObjectiveTo review studies examining the experience of self-management support in patient–provider interactions and the shaping of goals through interactions.MethodsWe undertook a systematic review and thematic synthesis of the qualitative literature. We searched six databases (2004–2015) for published studies on the provision of self-management support in one-to-one, face-to-face, patient–provider interactions for obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with 14 articles meeting inclusion criteria.ResultsThemes identified from studies were (1) dominance of a traditional model of care, encompassing the provision of generic information, exclusion of the psychosocial and temporal nature of interactions and (2) a context of individual responsibility and accountability, encompassing self-management as patients’ responsibility and adherence, accountability and the attribution of blame. Interactions were constrained by consultation times, patient self-blame and guilt, desire ...