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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Factors influencing self-management in patients with epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(year)

Country

Language

Sample size

Scale

Influencing factors

Quality score

Thuy Le et al., [15]

Vietnam

English

147

V-ESMS

1

8

Duran et al., [16]

Turkey

English

135

T-ESMS

1,2,3,4

4

Babaei et al., [20]

Iran

English

335

ESMS

4,5,6,7,8

7

Smithson et al., [17]

UK

English

438

ESMS

5,6,7

8

Begley et al., [19]

USA

English

238

ESMS

9,10

7

McAuley et al., [18]

USA

English

50

AESMMI

1,5

8

Jin et al., [22]

China

Chinese

208

C-ESMS

1,2,5

8

Shi et al., [21]

China

Chinese

226

C-ESMS

1,2,3,5,6,9,11,12

8

Bai et al., [24]

China

Chinese

276

CDSMS

3,5,9,13

8

Xiao et al., [23]

China

Chinese

327

C-ESMS

8

8

  1. a Influencing factors: (1) Education; (2) Gender; (3) Income level; (4) Frequency of seizures; (5) Age; (6) Employment(status/occupations); (7) Marital status; (8) Duration of disease; (9) Self-efficacy; (10) Social support; 11. Self-concept; 12. Medical coping modes; 13. Disease cognition