Improving the management of type 2 diabetes in China using a multifaceted digital health intervention in primary health care: the SMARTDiabetes cluster randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence, mainly from high-income countries, that digital health interventions improve type 2 diabetes (T2DM) care. Large-scale implementation studies are lacking.

Methods

A multifaceted digital health intervention comprising: (1) a self-management application ('app') for patients and lay 'family health promotors' (FHPs); and (2) clinical decision support for primary care doctors was evaluated in an open-label, parallel, cluster randomized controlled trial in 80 communities (serviced by a primary care facility for >1000 residents) in Hebei Province, China. People >40 years with T2DM and a glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥7% were recruited (∼25/community). After baseline assessment, community clusters were randomly assigned to intervention or control

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11269311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature