Implementation and Evaluation of an Automated Text Message-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Adults With Pre-diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the efficacy of diabetes prevention programs, only an estimated 5% of people with pre-diabetes actually participate. Mobile health (mHealth) holds promise to engage patients with pre-diabetes into lifestyle modification programs by decreasing the referral burden, centralizing remote enrollment, removing the physical requirement of a brick-and-mortar location, lowering operating costs through automation, and reducing time and transportation barriers.

Methods

Non-randomized implementation study enrolling patients with pre-diabetes from a large health care organization. Patients were exposed to a text message-based program combining live human coaching guidance and support with automated scheduled, interactive, data-driven, and on-demand messages. The primary

SUBMITTER: Arora S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11418517 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature