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Tele-Mum: A Feasibility Study for a Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring the Potential for Telemedicine in the Diabetes Care of Those with Gestational Diabetes

Overview of attention for article published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, September 2015
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Title
Tele-Mum: A Feasibility Study for a Randomized Controlled Trial Exploring the Potential for Telemedicine in the Diabetes Care of Those with Gestational Diabetes
Published in
Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, September 2015
DOI 10.1089/dia.2015.0147
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Authors

Joanne E. Given, Brendan P. Bunting, Maurice J. O'Kane, Fidelma Dunne, Vivien E. Coates

Abstract

The incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)-hyperglycemia with onset or first recognition during pregnancy-is increasing and will have a significant impact on diabetes services. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of using telemedicine in the diabetes care of women with GDM and the possibility of replacing alternate (one in every two) diabetes review appointments with telemedicine. A feasibility study for a randomized controlled trial was conducted across two sites. Fifty women with GDM were randomized to usual care (n = 26) or usual care plus telemedicine (n = 24). Telemedicine entailed weekly blood pressure and weight measurements and transmission of these data, along with blood glucose readings, for review by the healthcare team. Patients were contacted about these results as necessary. Patients completed questionnaires to measure their satisfaction with telemedicine or blood glucose monitoring. The intervention group and healthcare providers also took part in qualitative interviews. Analysis involved descriptive statistics for the satisfaction questionnaires and framework analysis for the qualitative interviews. Eighty-nine percent of patients were satisfied with telemedicine and would use it again. Both HCPs and patients found the equipment easy to use and were positive about using it to replace alternate diabetes review appointments in the future. If used in this way, healthcare providers felt that protected time in which to perform the telemedicine review would be necessary. Telemedicine may help meet the growing demand on diabetes services due to increasing numbers of women being diagnosed with GDM.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 244 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 36 15%
Student > Bachelor 32 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 12%
Researcher 20 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 7%
Other 47 19%
Unknown 65 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 67 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 41 17%
Psychology 15 6%
Social Sciences 10 4%
Engineering 7 3%
Other 37 15%
Unknown 69 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 26 February 2020.
All research outputs
#4,573,264
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
#402
of 1,533 outputs
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#55,392
of 285,984 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
#1
of 11 outputs
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