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Trial reportDiabetes care2017

Dulce Digital: An mHealth SMS-Based Intervention Improves Glycemic Control in Hispanics With Type 2 Diabetes.

Addie L Fortmann, Linda C Gallo, Maria Isabel Garcia, Mariam Taleb, Johanna A Euyoque, Taylor Clark, Jessica Skidmore, Monica Ruiz, Sapna Dharkar-Surber, James Schultz and 1 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Diabetes care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 20 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 20 pooled it
29.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

96 citing papers in PubMed, 20 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Effects of Multilevel and Multidomain Interventions on Glycemic Control in U.S. Hispanic Populations.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Addie L FortmannScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Linda C GalloDepartment of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA tsimikas.athena@scrippshealth.org lgallo@mail.sdsu.edu jims@nhcare.org.
Maria Isabel GarciaScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Mariam TalebScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Johanna A EuyoqueScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Taylor ClarkScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Jessica SkidmoreScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Monica RuizScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA.
Sapna Dharkar-SurberUniversity of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
James SchultzNeighborhood Healthcare, San Diego, CA tsimikas.athena@scrippshealth.org lgallo@mail.sdsu.edu jims@nhcare.org.
Athena Philis-TsimikasScripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA tsimikas.athena@scrippshealth.org lgallo@mail.sdsu.edu jims@nhcare.org.ORCID 0000-0002-3986-9630
Scripps Health · USNeighborhood Health · USSan Diego State University · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Scripps Translational Science InstituteUL1TR001114 · NCATS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI TOPOL, ERIC JEFFREY · 2013 to 2017
$24.0M
New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research - Translational Intervention Methodology CoreP30DK111022 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI JEFFREY GONZALEZ · 2016 to 2026
$7.8M
Dulce Digital-Me: An Adaptive mHealth Intervention for Underserved Hispanics with DiabetesR01DK112322 · NIDDK · SCRIPPS HEALTH · PI GALLO, LINDA C, PHILIS-TSIMIKAS, ATHENA · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001114NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK111022NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK112322
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveType 2 diabetes is growing in epidemic proportions and disproportionately affects lower-income, diverse communities. Text messaging may provide one of the most rapid methods to overcome the "digital divide" to improve care. RESEARCH DESIGN AND

methodsA randomized, nonblinded, parallel-groups clinical trial design allocated

resultsThe majority of patients were middle-aged (mean age 48.43 years, SD 9.80), female (75%), born in Mexico (91%), and uninsured (75%) and reported less than a ninth-grade education level (73%) and mean baseline HbA

conclusionsUse of a simple, low-cost text messaging program was found to be highly acceptable in this sample of high-risk, Hispanic individuals with type 2 diabetes and resulted in greater improvement in glycemic control compared with UC.

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Hispanic or LatinoTelemedicineText MessagingAdultBlood GlucoseBlood PressureBody Mass IndexDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Feasibility StudiesFemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansMaleMexicoMiddle AgedSelf ReportBlood GlucoseGlycated Hemoglobin

Identifiers

PMID28600309
PMCPMC5606313
OpenAlexW2622674087

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.