The effectiveness of text message-based self-management interventions for poorly-controlled diabetes: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poorly controlled diabetes leads to debilitating complications at a significant cost to health systems. Text messaging is an ideal platform for the delivery of self-management interventions to patients with poorly controlled diabetes due to the ubiquity of mobile phones, and the ability of text messaging to reach people in their everyday lives when self-management of the condition is vital. This systematic review aimed to assess the effectiveness of short message service-based diabetes self-management interventions on glycaemic control in adults with poorly controlled diabetes.

Methods/design

MEDLINE, PubMed, EMBASE, The Cochrane Library and PsychINFO were searched from inception through to 23 January 2017 for randomised controlled trials investigating the use of

SUBMITTER: Dobson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001198 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature