Jansa 2006.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods |
Telecare in a structured therapeutic education programme addressed to patients with type 1 diabetes and poor metabolic control Patient RCT, conducted in Diabetes Unit of the Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain Two arms: 1. Conventional group ‐ CG (control arm) and 2. Telecare group ‐ TG (intervention arm) |
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| Participants | Control arm N: 20 Intervention arm N: 20 Diabetes type: type 1 Mean age: 25.2 ± 8.3 % Male: 60.0 Longest follow‐up: 12 months |
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| Interventions |
Control arm: 1) Promotion of self‐management Intervention arm: 1) Facilitated relay of clinical information 2) Promotion of self‐management |
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| Outcomes | 1) HbA1c, mean % (SD) Control arm: pre 8.9 (1.3), post 7.6 (0.7) Intervention arm: pre 8.4 (1.2), post 7.6 (0.9) 2a) Harms (severe hypoglycaemia), N (%) Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 0 (0) Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 1 (5) 2b) Harms (ketosis), N (%) Control arm: pre NR (NR), post 1 (6) Intervention arm: pre NR (NR), post 0 (0) |
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| Funding source | This research was supported by grants from: Agencia d’Avaluacio de Tecnologia Medica (ATTM), Barcelona, Spain. Ref 002122000. Associacio Catalana de Diabetis (ACD) Barcelona, Spain. Ref Grants for Therapeutic Education 2001 | |
| Notes | — | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low 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 | 30% dropout but did an intervention‐to‐treat analysis including ~90% of participants. |
| 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) | Low risk | Information not available. |
| Other bias | Low risk | Information not available. |