Table 1

Outcome measures assessed in clinical trials of self-management interventions in arthritis

Paper	Disease status	Pain	Fatigue	Function/disability	Global health	Self-efficacy	Mood	Perceived control	Coping	Social support/role	Health behaviours	Healthcare use/costs
Arthritis: combined
Lorig et al14	✓^*	✓		✓		✓	✓			✓		✓
Lorig et al15		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓
Goeppinger et al20		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓	✓
Laforest et al19; Nour et al17 18		✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Lorig et al16		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓
Goeppinger et al21		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓	✓
Osteoarthritis
Victor et al22		✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓		✓
Heuts et al23		✓		✓	✓	✓
Buszewicz et al24; Patel et al30		✓		✓		✓	✓					✓
Hurley et al26 31		✓		✓	✓		✓				✓	✓
Rosemann et al27		✓		✓			✓			✓		✓
Yip et al28		✓		✓		✓					✓
Yip et al29		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓						✓
Wetzels et al25		✓		✓		✓				✓	✓	✓
Inflammatory arthritis
Riemsma et al32	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
Van Lankveld et al33	✓	✓		✓			✓		✓
Kirwan et al34	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Giraudet-le Quintrec et al35	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓			✓
Hammond et al36	EMS only	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Fibromyalgia only (tender points)
Soares et al37		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
King et al38	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cedraschi et al39		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓			✓	✓
Ziljstra et al40	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Lemstra et al41		✓		✓	✓		✓
Hammond et al42		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
Rooks et al43		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓
Lorig et al16		✓	✓	✓	✓		✓			✓	✓	✓