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| Title |
The impact of telehealth remote patient monitoring on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-018-3274-8 |
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| Authors |
Puikwan A. Lee, Geva Greenfield, Yannis Pappas |
| Abstract |
There is a growing body of evidence to support the use of telehealth in monitoring HbA1c levels in people living with type 2 diabetes. However, the overall magnitude of effect is yet unclear due to variable results reported in existing systematic reviews. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials to create an evidence-base for the effectiveness of telehealth interventions on glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Electronic databases including The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, HMIC, and PsychINFO were searched to identify relevant systematic reviews published between 1990 and April 2016, supplemented by references search from the relevant reviews. Two independent reviewers selected and reviewed the eligible studies. Of the 3279 references retrieved, 4 systematic reviews reporting in total 29 unique studies relevant to our review were included. Both conventional pairwise meta-analyses and network meta-analyses were performed. Evidence from pooling four systematic reviews found that telehealth interventions produced a small but significant improvement in HbA1c levels compared with usual care (MD: -0.55, 95% CI: -0.73 to - 0.36). The greatest effect was seen in telephone-delivered interventions, followed by Internet blood glucose monitoring system interventions and lastly interventions involving automatic transmission of SMBG using a mobile phone or a telehealth unit. Current evidence suggests that telehealth is effective in controlling HbA1c levels in people living with type 2 diabetes. However there is need for better quality primary studies as well as systematic reviews of RCTs in order to confidently conclude on the impact of telehealth on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 2 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 303 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 41 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 33 | 11% |
| Researcher | 27 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 50 | 17% |
| Unknown | 109 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 82 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 50 | 17% |
| Psychology | 7 | 2% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 2% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 35 | 12% |
| Unknown | 115 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 17. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 January 2024.
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