Heart failure (HF) is a severe public health problem all over the World. Self-management is an effective method to progress self-care ability. However, the role of self-management in heart failure has not been thoroughly elucidated.
The research articles related to heart failure were searched by the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane databases, and China National Knowledge Database on articles published through March 2020. The average 95% of confidence intervals (CIs) were used to calculate using random-effects or fixed-effects. Review Manager (version 5.2) was adopted for meta-analysis, sensitivity analysis, and bias analysis.
Eight (8) eligible studies with 1707 patients with HF were included in this analysis. In the Meta-analysis showed significant differences for Self-management (SM) groups in Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale (DHFK) (MD = 1.36, 95%CI [-0.03, 2.75], P = 0.04; I = 83%), in Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) (MD = 5.51, 95%CI [0.62, 10.40], P = 0.03; I = 70%), and in Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale (SEMCDI) (I = 47%, Z = 5.43, P of over effect < 0.0001) than control groups. One bias is detected as attrition bias, and another one is reporting bias. Sensitivity analysis satisfied the stability of the results.
Self-management was associated with significant outcomes in patients with HF through knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP).

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