Faridi 2008.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Evaluating the impact of mobile telephone technology on type 2 diabetic patients' self‐management: the NICHE pilot study Patient RCT, conducted in 2 community health centres, Connecticut, USA Two arms: 1. Control (control arm) and 2. Intervention (intervention arm) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 15 Intervention arm N: 15 Diabetes type: type 2 Mean age: 56.0 ± 9.7 % Male: 36.7 Longest follow‐up: 3 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: 1) Promotion of self‐management Intervention arm: 1) Clinician reminders 2) Facilitated relay of clinical information 3) Promotion of self‐management 4) Patient reminders |
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| Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 6.5 (0.7), post 6.8 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 6.4 (0.6), post 6.3 (NR) 2) SBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 128.6 (22.3), post 139.4 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 134.7 (16.7), post 138.4 (NR) 3) DBP, mean mmHg (SD) Control arm: pre 73.0 (11.5), post 81.1 (NR) Intervention arm: pre 79.6 (9.8), post 81.1 (NR) 4) Smoking cessation, N smokers (%) Control arm: pre 7 (47), post 5 (33) Intervention arm: pre 5 (33), post 5 (33) |
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| Funding source | This NICHE study was funded by NIH under the Small Business Technology Transfer Research Program, grant number 1R21DKK072321‐01 | |
| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Patient's baseline characteristics (selection bias) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Patient's baseline outcomes (selection bias) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) and of outcome assessors (detection bias) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Risk of contamination (other bias) | Unclear risk | Information not available. |
| Other bias | Low risk | Information not available. |