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Objective To evaluate the effect of self-management interventions on the quality of life of patients with heart failure(HF).Methods The randomized controlled trials(RCTs)taking self-management interventions were collected from the databases of EMBASE,Medline,VIP,CNKI and WanFang.Data were analyzed with RevMan 5.1 software.Results 12 articles met the inclusion criteria.There was considerable heterogeneity across the analysis,which might be result from length of intervention,age and NYHA classification according to subgroup analysis.Self-management interventions could significantly improve the quality of life of patients with HF,including both physical and emotional aspects.Conclusions Self-management interventions can improve the quality of life of patients with heart failure.