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Mobile phone intervention to improve diabetes care in rural areas of Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Self-monitoring
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Self-monitoring training and feedback. Training and encouraging people to recognize, monitor, and record behaviours, symptoms, or clinical data. This process may include regular feedback from a clinician, or a synopsis of information registered in a digital tool to encourage you to continue monitoring your illness and behaviours.
Example: Showing a patient how to record blood sugar levels, physical activity, or pain.
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Remote
When patients (and/or caregivers) are not in the same place as the health care providers. This interaction can take place through different communication means or tools (e.g., telephone, smartphone, Internet).
Outcomes measured in the study
Effekt | Messgröße | Tool |
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Adherence | Medication (or other treatment) adherence | N/A |
Blood-pressure | Systolic pressure | N/A |
Blood-pressure | Diastolic pressure | N/A |
HbA1C | Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) | N/A |
Lipid profile | LDL-Cholesterol | N/A |
Physical activity | Physical activity | N/A |
Weight (management) | BMI - Body Mass Index | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: N/A
Risk of Bias of this study
Effekt | Random sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding performance | Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment | Attrition incomplete outcome | Incorrect statistical methods | Recruitment bias | Selective outcome reporting |
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Adherence - Medication (or other treatment) adherence | ||||||||
Blood-pressure - Systolic pressure | ||||||||
Blood-pressure - Diastolic pressure | ||||||||
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) | ||||||||
Lipid profile - LDL-Cholesterol | ||||||||
Physical activity - Physical activity | ||||||||
Weight (management) - BMI - Body Mass Index |
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring techniques delivered remotely
Summary of findings | |
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Related cost-effectiveness analysis |
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To learn more about the cost-effectiveness of self-management interventions check our section on the topic: Cost-effectiveness
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Related contextual analysis |
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To learn more about the contextual factors that can facilitate or hinder the implementation of a self-management intervention check our section on the topic: Contextual factors
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