Non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diabetes poses serious health threats and economic burdens to patients, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic review searches for non-pharmacological interventions for the prevention of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among patients who are non-diabetic and pre-diabetic from LMICs.

Settings

LMICs.

Participants

Adult population aged over 18 years without having diabetes.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Primary outcome is to measure the change in the incidence of T2DM. The secondary outcome is to measure changes in glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) level, weight/body mass index (BMI), fasting glucose level and 2-hour glucose from baseline of the included randomised controlled trials.

Methods

This review has been

SUBMITTER: Sarker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9171210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature