Table 2

Summary of the included studies, PICO 1

DxEduBehCBTMotSupMCoOth
Medication RA3+/3−1+/1−1+2+1~
SLE1+1−
Psoriasis1+
OP1~/1−
Total 4+/3 1+/2 1+ 3+ 2~/1
Exercise OA2+/4−3−1+2+/1−3+/2−
RA2+3+/2−3~
Mixed1+1+
CBP1~1+1+
Total 5+/4 4+/1~/5 2+ 2+/1 1+/3~ 3+/2
Visits RA3+
SLE
Total 3+
  • Beh, behavioural interventions; CBP, chronic back pain; CBT, cognitive–behavioural therapy; Dx, diagnosis; Edu, educational interventions; MCo, multicomponent interventions; Mot, motivational interventions; OA, osteoarthritis; OP, osteoporosis; Oth, other interventions; PICO, Population; Intervention/factor; Comparator; Outcome; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; Sup, supervised exercise; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus.

  • The numbers indicate the count of the studies. Numbers followed with a ‘+’ indicate significant increase in adherent behaviour, ‘−’ means no increase in adherent behaviour and ‘~’ means unclear results.