Use of Online Communities among People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

People with diabetes require continuous self-monitoring and face numerous decisions in their day-to-day lives. Therefore, on many occasions, they need more support than that provided by health professionals. In this context, peer support in online diabetes communities could be a useful tool. The purpose of the review is to describe, analyze and synthesize the available evidence on the use and health out-comes of online communities for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A scoping review was conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines. Searches were performed PubMed, Web of Science, CINHAL, Scopus and Cochrane databases.

Recent findings

From 1821 identified documents, 6 articles were included. These studies explored the characterist

SUBMITTER: Bujanda-Sainz de Murieta A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11043193 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature