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Comparative effectiveness of telemedicine strategies on type 2 diabetes management: A systematic review and network meta-analysis
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The effects of telemedicine strategies on the management of diabetes is not clear. This study aimed to investigate the impact of different telemedicine strategies on glycaemic control management of type 2 diabetes patients. A search was performed in 6 databases from inception until September 2016 for randomized controlled studies that examined the use of telemedicine in adults with type 2 diabetes. Studies were independently extracted and classified according to the following telemedicine strategies: teleeducation, telemonitoring, telecase-management, telementoring and teleconsultation. Traditional and network meta-analysis were performed to estimate the relative treatment effects. A total of 107 studies involving 20,501 participants were included. Over a median of 6 months follow-up, telemedicine reduced haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) by a mean of 0.43% (95% CI: −0.64% to −0.21%). Network meta-analysis showed that all telemedicine strategies were effective in reducing HbA1c significantly compared to usual care except for telecase-management and telementoring, with mean difference ranging from 0.37% and 0.71%. Ranking indicated that teleconsultation was the most effective telemedicine strategy, followed by telecase-management plus telemonitoring, and finally teleeducation plus telecase-management. The review indicates that most telemedicine strategies can be useful, either as an adjunct or to replace usual care, leading to clinically meaningful reduction in HbA1c.
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“Although previous research has compared the effectiveness of 5 strategies for T2DM management, it has primarily focused on telemedicine within DHIs and compared several independent strategies, without providing a systematic summary of the strategies used in DHIs [37].”
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“However, there is currently a lack of categorization and summarization of the strategies used in DHIs for T2DM.”
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“Two reviews compared different virtual care strategies and found that no single strategy was superior for reducing HbA1c [20, 48].”
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“Of the 3 reviews that analysed the effect of teleconsultation interventions vs usual care, all reported significant effects on lowering HbA1c levels [20, 21, 29].”
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“Those persons with lower socioeconomic status have a higher risk for developing T2D, worse DM control, and more DM-related complications.1661–1663”
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“According to another network meta-analysis, teleconsultation was significantly more effective over conventional care at lowering HbA1c (−0.64, 95% CI −3.74 to −0.02; I2=98%).4”
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“According to a previous review, the most effective telemedicine technique is teleconsultation.4”
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“Thus, teleconsultation is a complex intervention, and the heterogeneity of the studies included in this meta-analysis is significant, as previous meta-analyses have also demonstrated.4 6 8”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lee, S. W. H., Chan, C. K. Y., Chua, S. S., & Chaiyakunapruk, N.
- Affiliations
- Monash University Malaysia (MY)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Corresponding author
- Lee, Shaun Wen Huey
- Chaiyakunapruk, Nathorn
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2017-10-04
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 12680-12680
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5627243
- OpenAlex
- W2757460696
- Cited by
- 200
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 52 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 15
- FWCI
- 1.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Kementerian Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi
- Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Keywords
- telemedicine, type 2 diabetes, glycemic control, HbA1c, remote patient monitoring, teleconsultation, distance education, telementoring, diabetes management
- MeSH terms
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Telemedicine, Publication Bias
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