Glucose control in diabetes during home confinement for the first pandemic wave of COVID-19: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess the effect on glycaemic control of confinement due to lockdown measures, during COVID-19 pandemic, in people with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes.

Methods

Meta-analysis of observational studies reporting measures of glucose control and variability before and during and/or after periods of confinement caused by COVID-19 in 2020 and/or 2021.

Results

We included 27 studies on T1DM. No significant change in Hba1c was observed after lockdown (WMD - 1.474 [- 3.26; 0.31] mmol/mol, I² = 93.9). TIR significantly increased during and after lockdown (WMD: 2.73 1.47; 4.23 %, I² = 81% and 3.73 [1.13; 5.33] %, I² = 85%, respectively).We retrieved nine studies on T2DM patients. No significant variation in HbA1c was detected (WM

SUBMITTER: Silverii GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8219181 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature