Self-management of health care behaviors for COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AMT reports grants from University of Birmingham/ National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), during the conduct of the study; REJ was in receipt of an NIHR postdoctoral research fellowship (pdf/01/2008/023) during the conduct of the study; KJ, DAF, REJ, PA, and SJS are investigators on an NIHR SPCR funded trial of self-management for COPD; SJS reports that the University Hospitals of Leicester National Health Service trust holds the IP for a self-management manual for COPD. REJ was funded by NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme (10/44/01). KJ is part-funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West Midlands. SJS is part-funded by the CLAHRC-East Midlands. Malcolm Price was supported by funding from a multivariate meta-analysis grant from the MRC Methodology Research Programme (grant reference number: MR/ J013595/1).