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ArticleWorld journal of diabetes2021

Efficacy of telemedicine on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis.

Julia De Groot, Dongjun Wu, Declan Flynn, Dylan Robertson, Gary Grant, Jing Sun

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Article in World journal of diabetes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julia De GrootSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Queensland, Australia.
Dongjun WuSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Queensland, Australia.
Declan FlynnSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Queensland, Australia.
Dylan RobertsonSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Queensland, Australia.
Gary GrantSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Griffith University, Gold Coast 4222, Queensland, Australia.
Jing SunSchool of Medicine and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane 4222, Queensland, Australia. j.sun@griffith.edu.au.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTelemedicine is defined as the delivery of health services

aimTo evaluate the effects of telemedicine interventions on hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), body mass index (BMI), post-prandial glucose (PPG), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), weight, cholesterol, mental and physical quality of life (QoL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. The secondary aim of this study is to determine the effect of the following subgroups on HbA1c post-telemedicine intervention; telemedicine characteristics, patient characteristics and self-care outcomes.

methodsPubMed Central, Cochrane Library, Embase and Scopus databases were searched from inception until 18

resultsWe found a significant reduction in HbA1c [-0.486%; 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.561 to -0.410,

conclusionThe findings indicate that telemedicine is effective for improving HbA1c and thus, glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes. In addition, telemedicine interventions were also found to significantly improved other health outcomes as well as QoL scores. The results of the subgroup analysis emphasized that interventions in the form of telemonitoring,

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Behavioural changeDiabetesSelf-managementTelehealthTelemedicineTelemonitoring

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PMID33594336
PMCPMC7839169
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