Review Article

Self-Management Components as Experienced by People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Carers: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of the Qualitative Literature

Table 1

Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria

People with idiopathic Parkinson’s disease living in the community, or carers of people with Parkinson’s diseaseAtypical Parkinsonism, life expectancy <6 months, other illnesses, healthy individuals, hospital based (in-patient) populations, or living in a care home
Qualitative research, reported in full text in EnglishQuantitative research design, survey, closed questionnaire, reviews, protocols, editorials, commentary, conference abstracts, non-English full text papers
Experiences related to self-management such as but not limited to health-related quality-of-life, psychological and physical health outcome, and generalized self-efficacyNot related to self-management, e.g., diagnosis, service use, end of life care