RESEARCH PROTOCOL Factors influencing self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes: a quantitative systematic review protocol Annamaria Bagnasco, Patrizia Di Giacomo, Roberta Da Rin Della Mora, Gianluca Catania, Carlo Turci, Gennaro Rocco & Loredana Sasso Accepted for publication 4 May 2013 Correspondence to A. Bagnasco: e-mail: annamaria.bagnasco@unige.it Annamaria Bagnasco MSN PhD RN Researcher in Nursing Health Sciences Department, University of Genoa, Italy Patrizia Di Giacomo MSN RN PhD student Health Sciences Department, University of Genoa, Italy Roberta Da Rin Della Mora MSN RN PhD student Health Sciences Department, University of Genoa, Italy Gianluca Catania MSN RN PhD student Health Sciences Department, University of Genoa, Italy Carlo Turci MScN RN PhD student Member of the Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, Rome, Italy Gennaro Rocco MSN RN Director Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship, President Ipasvi Rome Nursing Board, Rome, Italy Loredana Sasso MA MScN RN Associate Professor of Nursing Health Sciences Department, University of Genoa, Italy BAGNASCO A., DI GIACOMO P., DA RIN DELLAMORA R., CATANIA G., TURCI C., ROCCO G. & SASSO L. (2013) Factors influencing self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes: a quantitative systematic review protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing 00(00), 000–000. doi: 10.1111/jan.12178 Abstract Aim. To describe a protocol for a quantitative systematic review, to identify critique and summarize factors that influence self-management education. Background. Self-management education enables patients to manage their condition successfully and it is associated with better self-care, good control over lifestyle and leading the best possible quality of life, notwithstanding the presence of a chronic disease. Type II Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires lifestyle adjustments and disease management to keep glycaemia and long-term complications under control. Education has to be customized and based on an assessment that includes factors influencing self-management, such as personal characteristics that can optimize the educational intervention. Design. The protocol for the systematic review was conducted according to the guidelines of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, York (UK). Method. The review question was defined in terms of population, interventions, comparators, outcomes and study designs. The protocol included decisions about the review question, inclusion criteria, search strategy, study selection, data extraction, quality assessment, data synthesis and plans for dissemination. Funding for the review was confirmed on January 2011 by the Centre of Excellence for Nursing Scholarship in Rome. Discussion. An initial summary will be made by tabulating the data; the review will be reported in a narrative style and be developed according to the PRISMA guidelines. The protocol for the systematic review will allow us to identify, among the factors influencing self-management in people with Type II diabetes, the personal characteristics most relevant to the factors of motivation and empowerment. In addition, the systematic review will also identify an appropriate self-management model. Keywords: assessment, diabetes, nursing, self-management, self-management behaviour, systematic review © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 1 JAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING