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. 2019 Aug 6;2019(8):CD012379. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012379.pub2

White 2010.

Methods

  • Study design: pilot RCT; 40 randomised

  • Study duration: 6 month

  • Study follow‐up: 6 months
Participants

  • Country: Canada

  • Setting: community, dialysis unit

  • Patients receiving maintenance PD patients with diabetes

  • Number: intervention group (20); control group (20)

  • Mean age ± SD (years): not reported

  • Sex: not reported

  • Exclusion criteria: not reported
Interventions

  • Intervention type classification: behavioural counselling

  • eHealth intervention used: Telehealth


Intervention group

  • Telemonitoring

    • Daily interaction with telemonitoring station, with health coaching and nursing staff responding to patient responses

    • Two‐way video conferencing utilised


Control group

  • Usual care: no description
Outcomes

  • Hospitalisations

  • ED visits

  • QoL

  • Satisfaction

  • Ease of use

  • Self‐management
Notes

  • 2 abstracts and 1 poster

  • Author contacted who gave details on randomisation

  • Funding source: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Study described as randomised, method of random sequence generation not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 Blinding of participants High risk Author replied to email stating neither participants or personnel were blinded
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 Blinding of personnel High risk Author replied to email stating neither participants or personnel were blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Objective outcome Low risk Objective measures (ED visits, hospitalisations) used
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Subjective outcomes High risk Subjective measures using self‐report at high risk of bias
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement