Real-world smartphone-based point-of-care diagnostics in primary health care to monitor HbA1c levels in people with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The lack of accurate and affordable monitoring of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a common issue among patients with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. We aimed to test a tablet- and smartphone-based point-of-care (TSB POC) device against a local laboratory-based measure of HbA1c for monitoring diabetes under real-world conditions.

Methods

For this cross-sectional clinical method applicability study, capillary and venous blood was collected in duplicate and analyzed at local primary health care centers. For a heterogeneity test, the tests were performed by an expert, and by a team of local nurses. The study was conducted in a multicenter design in rural and urban Aceh, Indonesia in 2019, and included a total of 533 adults. We mainly used Bland-Altman plo

SUBMITTER: Rhode S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11799141 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature