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Effect of telemedicine on glycated hemoglobin in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials
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BACKGROUND: Telemedicine, the use of telecommunications to deliver health services, expertise and information, is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of diabetes care. We summarized the effectiveness of different methods of telemedicine for the management of diabetes compared with usual care. METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, Embase and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases (to November 2015) and reference lists of existing systematic reviews for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing telemedicine with usual care for adults with diabetes. Two independent reviewers selected the studies and assessed risk of bias in the studies. The primary outcome was glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) reported at 3 time points (≤ 3 mo, 4–12 mo and > 12 mo). Other outcomes were quality of life, mortality and episodes of hypoglycemia. Trials were pooled using randomeffects meta-analysis, and heterogeneity was quantified using the I2 statistic. RESULTS: From 3688 citations, we identified 111 eligible RCTs (n = 23 648). Telemedicine achieved significant but modest reductions in HbA1C in all 3 follow-up periods (difference in mean at ≤ 3 mo: −0.57%, 95% confidence interval [CI] −0.74% to −0.40% [39 trials]; at 4–12 mo: −0.28%, 95% CI −0.37% to −0.20% [87 trials]; and at > 12 mo: −0.26%, 95% CI −0.46% to −0.06% [5 trials]). Quantified heterogeneity (I2 statistic) was 75%, 69% and 58%, respectively. In meta-regression analyses, the effect of telemedicine on HbA1C appeared greatest in trials with higher HbA1C concentrations at baseline, in trials where providers used Web portals or text messaging to communicate with patients and in trials where telemedicine facilitated medication adjustment. Telemedicine had no convincing effect on quality of life, mortality or hypoglycemia. INTERPRETATION: Compared with usual care, the addition of telemedicine, especially systems that allowed medication adjustments with or without text messaging or a Web portal, improved HbA1C but not other clinically relevant outcomes among patients with diabetes.
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“| Partially reported | 22 | 0.30 (0.11 to 0.48) | 0.003 |”
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“Choice of patienttoprovider platform (smartphone application, Web portal, smart device, telephone) did not significantly modify the effect of telemedicine on HbA 1C .”
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“Tri als that partially reported loss to followup (i.e., no stated reasons for loss to followup, or loss was reported for the whole trial and not by group) showed a smaller difference in HbA 1C than trials with fully reported loss to followup or trials that did not report loss to followup (difference in MD 0.30%, 95% CI 0.11% to 0.48%).”
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“There was no evidence of selective reporting of subscores for quality of life.”
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“The metaregression analyses suggested that telemedicine inter ventions that facilitated medication adjustments were more effec tive in improving glycemic control than interventions that did not al low such adjustements.”
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“However, the effect of telemedicine was not significant for most subscores, and the few statistically significant differences were likely not clinically relevant.157”
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“| Medication adjustment | 40 | -0.23 (-0.42 to -0.05) | 0.01 |”
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“Finally, we found some evidence of publication bias, which sug gests that some small negative trials might exist, but they were not”
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“We also pooled the global scores (after transformation to a 1-100 range, where 100 was optimal) from all 3 diabetesspecific instruments from 8 trials (14 withintrial sub groups, n = 1324): MD 0.86 (95% CI -0.73 to 2.45; I 2 = 23%).”
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“Interventions in which providers adjusted medication in response to data from patients were also associated with larger improvements in HbA 1C (-0.23%, 95% CI -0.42% to -0.05%).”
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“Our literature search identified 3688 unique citations.After the screening of titles and abstracts, 517 potentially eligible studies were identified, of which 111 trials 21, met our inclusion criteria (Figure 1).”
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“Providers were nurses (37%), care managers (10%), diabetes educators (11%), physicians (29%), allied health profes sionals (17%; including dietitians, nutritionists, physiologists, exer cise trainers, psychologists and pharmacists), clinical decision sup port systems (32%) and nonspecialized support (23%; including trained peers, members of research teams, counsellors and com munity health care”
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“Because blinding of participants is not feasible for telemedicine interventions, all trials were open label to the participants; thus, every trial included at least 1 element of risk of bias.”
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“There was no evidence that telemedicine reduced the risk of hypoglycemic episodes (risk difference for hypoglycemic episodes ≤ 3 mo: 0.0%, 95% CI -5.5% to 5.5%, I 2 = 63%; and at 4-12 mo: 3.1%, 95% CI -7.9% to 14.2%, I 2 = 47%).”
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“Both trial region and baseline HbA 1C modified the effect of telemedicine on final HbA 1C , but mean age, percent male, diabetes duration, BMI, insulin use, use of oral hypoglycemic therapy and diabetes type did not.”
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“The trials used a large variety of plat forms: Web portal (24%), customized”
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“Risk differences for severe hypogly cemia were also not significant (≤ 3 mo: 0.0%, 95% CI -4.2% to 4.2%; and at 4-12 mo: -0.1%, 95% CI -1.0% to 0.8%, I 2 = 0%).”
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“and > 12 mo: -0.26%, 95% CI -0.46% to -0.06%,I 2 = 58%).”
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“However, we did not find good evi dence that telemedicine reduced the risk of hypoglycemia, quality of life or mortality, although it is unlikely that benefits for the latter would have been observed given the short duration of the included trials.”
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“The platforms used were telephone (59%), clinical decision support system (32%; e.g., automated interactive voice [9%]), Web portal (22%), SMS (16%), email (7%), videoconference (4%), computer software (3%), customized”
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“The risk differences were all nonsignificant, without evidence of heteroge neity (≤ 3 mo: 0.2%, 95% CI -0.6% to 0.9%, I 2 = 0%, 6 deaths; 4-12 mo: -0.2%, 95% CI -0.6% to 0.2%, I 2 = 0%, 68 deaths; and > 12 mo: -0.3%, 95% CI -1.6% to 1.0%, I 2 = 0%, 351 deaths).”
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“Most (94%) of the interventions were interactive, whereby the patient could communicate with the provider, and the provider could communicate with the patient.”
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“The contour funnel plot of HbA 1C was asymmetrical, consistent with publication bias (more small studies favouring telemedicine) (Figure 4).”
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“Frequency of contact and type of pro vider did not significantly modify the association.”
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“The bias estimate from the regression analysis was signifi cant (Egger test: bias -0.95, p = 0.02).”
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“The range of meta bolic control at baseline varied substantially between trials (mean HbA 1C 6.4%-10.9%);however, the mean HbA 1C level in 71 (64%) of the trials was 8% or greater at baseline.”
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“Three scores or subscores showed significant worsening (SF36 physical functioning ≤ 3 mo: MD -3.98, 95% CI -0.62 to -7.34,I 2 = 30%, 2 trials, n = 311; SF36 social functioning ≤ 3 mo: MD -2.22, 95% CI -0.10 to -4.34,I 2 = 0%, 2 trials, n = 311; and EQ5D at 4-12 mo: MD -0.01, 95% CI -0.01 to -0.01, 2 trials, n = 743).”
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“The median mean age at baseline was 56 years, and the median mean BMI at baseline was 31.”
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“The median number of study participants was 114 (range 10-2378) (Table 1).”
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“4-12 mo: -0.28%, 95% CI -0.37% to -0.20%,I 2 = 69% [Figure 3];”
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“Seventyeight trials (70%) reported and described an appropriate method of randomization, but only 30 (27%) reported an adequate allocation concealment process.The intentiontotreat principle was applied in 51 (46%) of the trials.Public funding was exclusively used in 57 trials (51%).”
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“Other frequent compo nents of the interventions included general diabetes education (76%), nutritional interventions (53%), exercise (49%) and blood pressure management (9%).”
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“Because there was no gradient of effect, there was no evidence that reporting versus not reporting loss to followup was a signifi cant effect modifier.”
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“with both SMS text messaging and Web portal associated with greater benefit than telephonebased systems (difference in MD: SMS v. telephone -0.28%, 95% CI -0.52% to -0.05%; Web portal v. telephone -0.35%, 95% CI -0.56% to -0.14%).”
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“Inclusion of interactive com munication, exercise, general diabetes education, blood pressure management or nutritional interventions did not modify the bene fit of telemedicine on HbA 1C .”
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“Interactive telecommunica tion initiated by providers occurred in the following frequencies: at least daily (8%), weekly (26%), every 2 weeks (10%), monthly (16%) or less often (7%).Frequency of interaction was not reported in 33% of trials.”
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“The MDs were all significant and favoured telemedicine, although there was large heterogeneity (≤ 3 mo: -0.57%, 95% confidence interval [CI] -0.74% to -0.40%,I 2 = 75%;”
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“Of the 111 included trials, 4 were published before 2000.Five were cluster RCTs, 3 were crossover trials, and the remainder were parallel RCTs.”
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“When the 3 outlier trials were removed, the bias estimate was not significant (bias -0.68, p = 0.07).”
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“Exclusion of these 3 trials did not materially affect our results for the primary outcome (HbA 1C at 4-12 mo), but it did reduce heterogeneity (-0.24%, 95% CI -0.31% to -0.16%,I 2 = 58%).”
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“Many of the interventions (45%) adjusted medication based on the data received.”
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“However, we assessed for blinding of outcome assessors (present in 20% of trials).”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Results
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“Findings were similar when control of HbA 1C was dichotomized at various thresholds (6.4%-6.5%,7%-7.5%,8% or 9%) and when we pooled results from the last time points from every available trial”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Effect on HbA 1C
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“European (n = 26) and North American trials (reference group, n = 47) reported simi lar MDs (difference in MD -0.08%, 95% CI -0.27% to 0.11%);”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Meta-regression analysis
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“We pooled the mental health and physical health component summaries of the SF36 and SF12 instruments from 7 trials (n = 1333): MD 0.55 (95% CI -0.83 to 1.92; I 2 = 29%) and 0.06 (95% CI -1.01 to 1.13; I 2 = 0%), respectively.”
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“Fortyone trials (37%) were done in the United States, 14 (13%) in Korea and 7 (6%) each in Canada and Australia; 6 or fewer were done in each of the remaining countries.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Results
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“Disagreements occurred with 7% of the articles (κ value = 0.82).”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Results
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“Disagreements between the reviewers were resolved by meeting with a third reviewer (N.W.).”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Study selection
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“Two reviewers (L.F. and a research assistant) assessed the trials independently and resolved any disagreements by meeting with a third reviewer (N.W.).”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Risk-of-bias assessment
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“We planned a priori to examine the association between popu lation characteristics, intervention characteristics, riskofbias items (as specified earlier) and the effect of telemedicine on HbA 1C for characteristics reported in 5 or more trials.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Data synthesis and analysis
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“The review was reported according to an accepted guide line.32”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Methods
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [32] 32. Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, et al. The PRISMA statement for reporting system atic reviews and metaanalyses of studies that evaluate healthcare interventions: explanation and elaboration. BMJ 2009;339:b2700.
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“We assessed publication bias using the Egger test 44 and by visual inspection of the contourenhanced funnel plot.45”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Data synthesis and analysis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [44] 44. Egger M, Davey Smith G, Schneider M, et al. Bias in metaanalysis detected by a sim ple, graphical test. BMJ 1997;315:62934.
- Not checked yetcites [45] 45. Peters JL, Sutton AJ, Jones DR, et al. Contourenhanced metaanalysis funnel plots help distinguish publication bias from other causes of asymmetry. J Clin Epidemiol 2008;61:9916.
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“Two reviewers (N.W. and L.F.) independently screened the titles and abstracts of all unique citations.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Study selection
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“We assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane Collaboration's tool 33 and included other items (funding, intention to treat and interim analysis) also known to be associated with bias.[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Risk-of-bias assessment
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [33] 33. Higgins JPT, Altman DG, Sterne JAC. Chapter 8: Assessing risk of bias in included studies. In: Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions Version 5.1.0. The Cochrane Collaboration; 2011.
- Not checked yetcites [34] 34. Jüni P, Altman DG, Egger M. Assessing the quality of randomised controlled tri als. In: Egger M, Davey Smith G, Altman DG, editors. Systematic reviews in health care. 2nd ed. London (UK): BMJ Books; 2001.
- Not checked yetcites [35] 35. Jadad AR, Moore RA, Carroll D, et al. Assessing the quality of reports of ran domized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 1996;17:112.
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“Data from eligible trials were extracted by 1 reviewer (L.F.) and checked by another reviewer (Y.L.) using a standardized extraction sheet.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Data extraction
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“Two independent reviewers (L.F. and a research assistant) assessed them using an inclusion/exclusion form based on a priori selection criteria for eligibility.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Study selection
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“We were also able to show that effects on HbA 1C diminished but were sustained over time”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
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“Third, as with all metaregression analyses using summary data rather than individual participant data, our findings are vulnerable to the ecological fallacy (i.e., findings at the population level do not always translate correctly to individuals) and from limited sta tistical power.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Limitations
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“Weaknesses of our systematic review include limitations of the constituent trials (small sample size, lack of blinding and rela tively short duration).”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Limitations
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“Because all of these findings were nonsignificant, 157 there was no evidence to suggest that telemedicine enhanced quality of life.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > % of studies
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [157] 157. Samsa G, Edelman D, Rothman ML, et al. Determining clinically important dif ferences in health status measures: a general approach with illustration to the Health Utilities Index Mark II. Pharmacoeconomics 1999;15:14155.
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“The variation may have con tributed to the observed heterogeneity, and it may explain why some trials found positive effects of telemedicine and others found no benefit.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Limitations
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“Nonetheless, the effect on HbA 1C appears clinically relevant and is comparable to improvements associated with some oral antidiabetic agents (0.5%-1.25%), 158 psychosocial interventions (0.6%, 95% CI -1.2% to -0.1%) 159 or quality improvement strategies (0.42%, 95% CI 0.29% to 0.54%) 160 among patients with diabetes.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [158] 158. Sherifali D, Nerenberg K, Pullenayegum E, et al. The effect of oral antidiabetic agents on A1C levels: a systematic review and metaanalysis. Diabetes Care 2010;33:185964.
- Not checked yetcites [159] 159. Armour TA, Norris SL, Jack L Jr, et al. The effectiveness of family interventions in people with diabetes mellitus: a systematic review. Diabet Med 2005; 22:1295305.
- Not checked yetcites [160] 160. Shojania KG, Ranji SR, McDonald KM, et al. Effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control: a metaregression analysis. JAMA 2006;296:42740.
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“The use of SMS text messaging may be feasible to communicate and motivate patients, which could result in positive outcomes.134”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [134] 134. Shetty AS, Chamukuttan S, Nanditha A, et al. Reinforcement of adherence to prescription recommendations in Asian Indian diabetes patients using short message service (SMS) -a pilot study. J Assoc Physicians India 2011;59:7114.
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In the paper
“The lower apparent magnitude of benefit with longer followup may reflect reduced adherence to the intervention.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
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“This wide variation in inter ventions likely contributed to some of the observed heterogeneity, which was only partly explained by metaregression.”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
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“This finding is consistent with medication adjustment by nurse or pharmacist (0.23%, 95% CI 0.05% to 0.42%) reported in a previous metaregression analysis of quality improve ment strategies, including case man agement.160”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Interpretation
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [160] 160. Shojania KG, Ranji SR, McDonald KM, et al. Effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control: a metaregression analysis. JAMA 2006;296:42740.
plaincorrelational- Asserted: passes — The authors put it forward as true.
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Telemedicine may be helpful for providing care to people with diabetes, especially those unable to travel to health care facilities because of large distances or disabilities.
“It may also be helpful for providing care to people with diabetes, especially those unable to travel to health care facilities owing to large distances or disabilities.”
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“The included studies exhibited substantial heterogeneity (I²=94%), a common finding in telemedicine reviews, where heterogeneity typically ranges from 65% to 99% [17,22,86,93].”
From Clinical Improvements From Telemedicine Interventions for Managing Type 2 Diabetes Compared With Usual Care: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2026) · cites this paper as [93]
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“3 reviews [28, 31, 43] reported that interventions as simple as text-messaging or SMS feedback were equally effective in improving HbA1c, compared to a teleconference or telephone appointment with healthcare professionals.”
From Effect of virtual care in type 2 diabetes management – a systematic umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (2025) · cites this paper as [31]
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“The included studies exhibited substantial heterogeneity (I²=94%), a common finding in telemedicine reviews, where heterogeneity typically ranges from 65% to 99% [17,22,86,93].”
From Clinical Improvements From Telemedicine Interventions for Managing Type 2 Diabetes Compared With Usual Care: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2026) · cites this paper as [93]
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“Consistent with previous findings [87,93], the majority of the evidence (72%) originates from high-income countries, with the United States contributing the highest proportion (28%).”
From Clinical Improvements From Telemedicine Interventions for Managing Type 2 Diabetes Compared With Usual Care: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2026) · cites this paper as [93]
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“Messages generated using automated algorithms may offer a more feasible and less expensive solution [31].”
From Effect of virtual care in type 2 diabetes management – a systematic umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis (2025) · cites this paper as [31]
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“In contrast to our findings, Faruque et al found a larger effect in studies that used web portals or text messaging. 13”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
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“The results reflect the findings from previous systematic reviews, which have found significant reductions in HbA1c favoring telemedicine.13,22,283,284”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
In the citing paper
“A potential solution to support ongoing diabetes self-management support is the use of telemedicine, 12 which has been suggested as a promising but unproven approach to support people with diabetes in the management of their disease. 13”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
In the citing paper
“In line with our findings, Faruque et al and Wu et al found a larger effect among studies with a higher baseline HbA1c.13,283”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
In the citing paper
“Hence, the large heterogeneity found in the present review is not unusually large when compared with similar reviews.”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
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“In the before-mentioned systematic review by Faruque et al, the heterogeneity (I2) ranged from 58% to 75% depending on the time point Hba1c was measured. 13”
From The Effectiveness of Telemedicine Solutions for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression (2023) · cites this paper as [13]
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§ Effect of telemedicine on > Meta-regression analysis
“Both trial region and baseline HbA 1C modified the effect of telemedicine on final HbA 1C”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Limitations
“Baseline HbA 1C (range 6.4%-10.7%)87 -0.06 per 1% (-0.16 to 0.04) 0.3 68”
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§ Effect of telemedicine on > Limitations
“Duration of followup (range 2.6-24 yr) 52 0.008 per 1 yr (-0.02 to 0.03) 0.5 69”
§ Effect of telemedicine on > Effect on HbA 1C
“Thirtynine trials (n = 3165) reported the effect of telemedicine on HbA 1C at 3 months or less”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Faruque, L. I., Wiebe, N., Ehteshami-Afshar, A., Liu, Y., Dianati-Maleki, N., Hemmelgarn, B. R., Manns, B. J., & Tonelli, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Venue
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Publisher
- CMA Impact Inc.
- Published
- 2016-10-31
- Volume
- 189
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- E341-E364
- ISSN
- 0820-3946 (ISSN-L)
- 1488-2329
- PMC
- PMC5334006
- OpenAlex
- W2546067499
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 187
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Canadian Medical Association Journal (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- 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, diabetes mellitus, HbA1c, glycemic control, diabetes management, web portal, text messaging, medication adjustment, quality of life, hypoglycemia, mortality
- MeSH terms
- Communication, Diabetes Mellitus, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Hypoglycemia, Quality of Life, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Telemedicine, Disease Management, Internet, Text Messaging
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