Table 2

Overall characteristics of self-management interventions

VariableIntervention count (n=45)
Intervention topics
 Diet/nutrition29
 General CKD knowledge18
 Other (ie, advanced care planning, meditation)18
 Medication17
 Modalities13
 Physical activity13
 Comorbidities11
 Symptom management6
 Lifestyle5
Mode of delivery
 Face to face (ie, group, one-on-one)36
 Multiple modes32
 Print29
 Distance (ie, telephone, email)13
 Digital (ie, DVD, PowerPoint, audio recording)8
 Electronic (ie, website, mobile application)7
Type of providers
 Other*25
 Nurse/nurse practitioner22
 Dietitian14
 Multiple providers13
 Social worker6
 Physician/primary care physician6
 Nephrologist/nephrology fellows5
 Patient volunteer/mentor4
 Pharmacist1
Location of intervention
 Outpatient23
 Not specified12
 Community (non-clinic)†10
 Patient home10
 Multiple locations7
 Inpatient1
Intervention languages
 Not Specified24
 English10
 Multiple languages7
 Mandarin4
 Spanish3
 Taiwanese3
 Dutch2
 Cantonese1
 French1
 Greek1
 Italian1
 Japanese1
 Swedish1
 Vietnamese1
Intervention development
 Use of framework or theory9
 Codesigned with patients4
  • *Other providers: Trained research assistant, lay health worker, Bengali worker, Educators (health, cook, diabetic), online tool, physician assistant, exercise physiologist, technician, psychologist, employment expert, instructor, interpreter, physiotherapist, patient, principal investigator.

  • †Community: gym, grocery store, "study room".

  • CKD, chronic kidney disease.