Trial reportJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
A Wearable Technology Delivering a Web-Based Diabetes Prevention Program to People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02919397 (Effectiveness of Integrating Motivational Instant Messaging Into an E-diabetes Prevention Programme in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Integrating Motivational Instant Messaging Into an E-diabetes Prevention Programme in People at High Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: a Prospective, Parallel-group, Randomised Controlled Trial (Diabetes Stopwatch)
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of Smartphone Application-Based Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Individuals With Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Digital Health Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Different Intervention Modes in Lifestyle Intervention for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and the Reversion to Normoglycemia in Adults With Prediabetes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
- The Use of Mobile Health Interventions for Outcomes among Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with Prediabetes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Wearable Device-based Intervention on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A System Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical systems · 2021Pooled it
- A mobile phone application for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in Malaysian women with gestational diabetes mellitus (MYGODDESS): A feasibility randomised controlled trial.Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association · 2026Trial
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- The Effectiveness of a Traditional Chinese Medicine-Based Mobile Health App for Individuals With Prediabetes: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- Application of Behavioral Science in Digital Therapeutics for Individuals With Prediabetes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Progress in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a narrative review of telerehabilitation and wearable devices.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2025Article
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- Advancing Type 2 Diabetes Prevention through Text-Messaging Interventions: A Narrative Review.Current diabetes reports · 2024Article
- Effect of digital health applications with or without gamification on physical activity and cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
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- Developing and evaluating the usability of a web-based Diabetic Retinopathy Health Education Program for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Saudi medical journal · 2023Article
- Analyzing the Effectiveness of mHealth to Manage Diabetes Mellitus Among Adults Over 50: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Review
- Effects of Feedback From Self-Monitoring Devices on Lifestyle Changes in Workers with Diabetes: 3-Month Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- Using Wearable Activity Trackers to Predict Type 2 Diabetes: Machine Learning-Based Cross-sectional Study of the UK Biobank Accelerometer Cohort.JMIR diabetes · 2021Article
- Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic and Its Impact on Time in Range.Diabetes technology & therapeutics · 2021Article
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundIntensive lifestyle interventions are effective in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the implementation of learnings from landmark studies is expensive and time consuming. The availability of digital lifestyle interventions is increasing, but evidence of their effectiveness is limited.
objectiveThis randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to test the feasibility of a web-based diabetes prevention program (DPP) with step-dependent feedback messages versus a standard web-based DPP in people with prediabetes.
methodsWe employed a two-arm, parallel, single-blind RCT for people at high risk of developing diabetes. Patients with a hemoglobin A
resultsWe enrolled 200 participants: 98 were randomized to the intervention and 102 were randomized to the control group. The follow-up rate was higher in the control group (87/102, 85.3%) than in the intervention group (69/98, 70%) at 12 months. There was no treatment effect on weight at 6 months (mean difference 0.15; 95% CI -0.93 to 1.23) or 12 months (mean difference 0.07 kg; 95% CI -1.29 to 1.44) or for physical activity levels at 6 months (mean difference -382.90 steps; 95% CI -860.65 to 94.85) or 12 months (mean difference 92.64 steps; 95% CI -380.92 to 566.20). We did not observe a treatment effect on the secondary outcomes measured at the 6-month or 12-month follow-up. For the intervention group, the mean weight was 92.33 (SD 15.67) kg at baseline, 91.34 (SD 16.04) kg at 6 months, and 89.41 (SD 14.93) kg at 12 months. For the control group, the mean weight was 92.59 (SD 17.43) kg at baseline, 91.71 (SD 16.48) kg at 6 months, and 91.10 (SD 15.82) kg at 12 months. In the intervention group, the mean physical activity was 7308.40 (SD 4911.93) steps at baseline, 5008.76 (SD 2733.22) steps at 6 months, and 4814.66 (SD 3419.65) steps at 12 months. In the control group, the mean physical activity was 7599.28 (SD 3881.04) steps at baseline, 6148.83 (SD 3433.77) steps at 6 months, and 5006.30 (SD 3681.1) steps at 12 months.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates that it is feasible to successfully recruit and retain patients in an RCT of a web-based DPP.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02919397; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02919397.
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