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Table 1 Key elements of self-management [7,8,9,10]

From: Self-management in condition-specific health: a systematic review of the evidence among women diagnosed with endometriosis

• Active participation in decision making, treatment and management

• Self-care tasks/behaviour change

• Informed decision making

• Psychosocial, emotional or social adjustments

• Monitoring symptoms

• Communication

• Problem-solving

• Patient-provider partnership

• Self-efficacy

• Knowledge of the condition (health literacy)/information seeking

• Resource utilisation