Mobile Health Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mobile health (mHealth) tools, such as telehealth and text messaging, may improve blood glucose levels in African American and Latinx populations with type 2 diabetes.

Objective

To determine whether clinical pharmacists and health coaches using mHealth tools can improve hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial included 221 African American or Latinx patients with type 2 diabetes and elevated HbA1c (≥8%) from an academic medical center in Chicago. Adult patients aged 21 to 75 years were enrolled and randomized from March 23, 2017, through January 8, 2020. Patients randomized to the intervention group received mHealth diabetes support for 1 year followed by mo

SUBMITTER: Gerber BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543137 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature