Exploring the role of symptom monitoring in self-management of chronic physical 1 health conditions experienced by women: protocol for a scoping review

Thompson, Hannah, Boivin, Jacky ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-1708, Csontos, Judit ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-3052 and Jackowich, Robyn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1125-8141 2025. Exploring the role of symptom monitoring in self-management of chronic physical 1 health conditions experienced by women: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Self-management is essential for girls, women, and individuals assigned female at birth (AFAB) living with chronic physical health conditions. Evidence suggests that symptom monitoring can support self-management and empower individuals, yet limited research has explored how symptom monitoring is conceptualised, implemented, and integrated within self-management frameworks considering the unique needs biological, gendered, and social factors affecting women and people AFAB. This scoping review aims explore the role of symptom monitoring in self-management for girls, women and individuals assigned female at birth. To achieve this, this review aims to define and conceptualise symptom monitoring and self-management, map existing symptom monitoring interventions and mechanisms linked to self-management, and identify how sex, gender, and systemic influences are considered in the context of chronic physical health conditions.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
Schools:	Schools > Healthcare Sciences Schools > Psychology Research Institutes & Centres > Women’s Health Research Wales
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	2044-6055
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 December 2025
Date of Acceptance:	14 November 2025
Last Modified:	03 Dec 2025 12:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/182816

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