Community-based educational interventions for prevention of type II diabetes: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Our objective was to estimate the change in community-based education interventions throughout the world that may effectuate in risk parameters of type II diabetes (T2D), including the diabetes incidence rate, fasting blood glucose, hemoglobin A1C, body mass index, waist circumference, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Methods

A comprehensive search for globally eligible studies was conducted on PubMed, Embase, ProQuest, CINAHL nursing & allied health source, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, conference proceedings, and reference lists. Data were extracted using JBI standardized data extraction tool. The primary outcome variables were diabetes incidence rate, fasting blood sugar (FBS), hemoglobin A1c (HbAlc), body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC),

SUBMITTER: Shirvani T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7980624 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature