ReviewJournal of medical Internet research2018
Social Media Use in Interventions for Diabetes: Rapid Evidence-Based Review.
Review in Journal of medical Internet research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Effect of Self-management Education With Ongoing Support Using Social Media on Glycemic Control Among Patients With Diabetes Type 2.
Who cites it
50 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Instant messaging-based digital health interventions for diabetes management: a domain-structured systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Social media interventions for autistic individuals: Systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- Methods and Evaluation Criteria for Apps and Digital Interventions for Diabetes Self-Management: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Mapping the Evidence on the Effectiveness of Telemedicine Interventions in Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Hypertension: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Nutritional guidance through digital media for glycemic control of women with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of perinatal medicine · 2025Trial
- The Effectiveness of Patient Training in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Knowledge via Instagram: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Evaluating the Impact of Year-Long, Augmented Diabetes Self-Management Support.Population health management · 2019Trial
- Living with early-onset type 2 diabetes in young adulthood: a narrative review of lived experience and implications for developmentally appropriate care.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
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- The feasibility of a social media-based foot self-management education and support program for adults with diabetes: A partially randomized preference trial.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- Uptake of Digital Health Interventions for Cardiometabolic Disease in British South Asian Individuals: Think Aloud Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- Social Media in the Management of Obesity and Diabetes: An Underutilised Population Educational Tool.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024Article
- Preferred sources of information on diabetes prevention programmes: a population-based cross-sectional study in Poland.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Development of a crowdsourcing- and gamification-based mobile application to collect epidemiological information and promote healthy lifestyles in Mexico.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Exploring the Impact of Social Media on Attaining HbA1c Targets in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical medicine insights. Endocrinology and diabetes · 2024Article
- Electronic Health Interventions for Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity in Hispanic or Latino Adults: A Systematic Review of English and Spanish Studies.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2024Article
- Social Media-Delivered Lifestyle Interventions Among Individuals Living with Diabetes and Prediabetes: A Scoping Review.Current nutrition reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the Evolution of Social Media in Mental Health Interventions: A Mapping Review.Yearbook of medical informatics · 2023Review
- Improvement of oral health knowledge and behavior of diabetic patients: an interventional study using the social media.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Understanding and addressing populations whose prior experience has led to mistrust in healthcare.Israel journal of health policy research · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundHealth authorities recommend educating diabetic patients and their families and initiating measures aimed at improving self-management, promoting a positive behavior change, and reducing the risk of complications. Social media could provide valid channel to intervene in and deliver diabetes education. However, it is not well known whether the use of these channels in such interventions can help improve the patients' outcomes.
objectiveThe objective of our study was to review and describe the current existing evidence on the use of social media in interventions targeting people affected with diabetes.
methodsA search was conducted across 4 databases (PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library).The quality of the evidence of the included primary studies was graded according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation criteria, and the risk of bias of systematic reviews was assessed by drawing on AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews) guidelines. The outcomes reported by these studies were extracted and analyzed.
resultsWe included 20 moderate- and high-quality studies in the review: 17 primary studies and 3 systematic reviews. Of the 16 publications evaluating the effect on glycated hemoglobin (HbA
conclusionsThere is very little good-quality evidence on the use of social media in interventions aimed at helping people with diabetes. However, the use of these channels is mostly linked to benefits on patients' outcomes. Public health institutions, clinicians, and other stakeholders who aim at improving the knowledge of diabetic patients could consider the use of social media in their interventions.
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