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ArticleJournal of diabetes research2016

Cost-Effectiveness of a Short Message Service Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes from Impaired Glucose Tolerance.

Carlos K H Wong, Fang-Fang Jiao, Shing-Chung Siu, Colman S C Fung, Daniel Y T Fong, Ka-Wai Wong, Esther Y T Yu, Yvonne Y C Lo, Cindy L K Lam

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Article in Journal of diabetes research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01556880 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of Short Message Service by Cellular Phone for Professional Drivers With Pre-diabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT01556880 nacompletednot on this map

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Short Message Service by Cellular Phone for Professional Drivers With Pre-diabetes

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe University of Hong KongRan2009 to 2012Enrolled104ConditionsPre-diabetes, DiabetesArmsShort Message Service (SMS)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carlos K H WongDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Fang-Fang JiaoDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Shing-Chung SiuDepartment of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Colman S C FungDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Daniel Y T FongSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Ka-Wai WongDepartment of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Esther Y T YuDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Yvonne Y C LoDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
Cindy L K LamDepartment of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong.
University of Hong Kong · HKTung Wah Eastern Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aims. To investigate the costs and cost-effectiveness of a short message service (SMS) intervention to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). Methods. A Markov model was developed to simulate the cost and effectiveness outcomes of the SMS intervention and usual clinical practice from the health provider's perspective. The direct programme costs and the two-year SMS intervention costs were evaluated in subjects with IGT. All costs were expressed in 2011 US dollars. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was calculated as cost per T2DM onset prevented, cost per life year gained, and cost per quality adjusted life year (QALY) gained. Results. Within the two-year trial period, the net intervention cost of the SMS group was $42.03 per subject. The SMS intervention managed to reduce 5.05% onset of diabetes, resulting in saving $118.39 per subject over two years. In the lifetime model, the SMS intervention dominated the control by gaining an additional 0.071 QALY and saving $1020.35 per person. The SMS intervention remained dominant in all sensitivity analyses. Conclusions. The SMS intervention for IGT subjects had the superiority of lower monetary cost and a considerable improvement in preventing or delaying the T2DM onset. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01556880.

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Health Care CostsComputer SimulationCost-Benefit AnalysisCost SavingsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease ProgressionGlucose IntoleranceHong KongHumansMarkov ChainsModels, EconomicPrediabetic StatePrimary PreventionQuality-Adjusted Life YearsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicReminder Systems

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PMCPMC4698777
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