Clinical impact of an integrated e-health system for diabetes self-management support and shared decision making (POWER2DM): a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

There is a lack of e-health systems that integrate the complex variety of aspects relevant for diabetes self-management. We developed and field-tested an e-health system (POWER2DM) that integrates medical, psychological and behavioural aspects and connected wearables to support patients and healthcare professionals in shared decision making and diabetes self-management.

Methods

Participants with type 1 or type 2 diabetes (aged >18 years) from hospital outpatient diabetes clinics in the Netherlands and Spain were randomised using randomisation software to POWER2DM or usual care for 37 weeks. This RCT assessed the change in HbA_1c between the POWER2DM and usual care groups at the end of the study (37 weeks) as a primary outcome measure. Participants a

SUBMITTER: Ruissen MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10627940 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature