Table 3:
Results of the main recent studies on telemonitoring diabetic patients.
| The Utah Remote Monitoring Project [29] | Randomized Trial on Home Telemonitoring for the Management of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with type 2 Diabetes [30] | Study assessed the utility and cost-effectiveness of an automated Diabetes Remote Monitoring and Management System (DMRS) [31] | Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial [32] | Telemonitoring and Health Counseling for Self-Management Support study [33] | TELESAGE [34, 35] | DIABETe [39, 40] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact on blood-glucose and/or HbA1c levels | + | + | - | + | - | + | • |
| Impact on arterial hypertension, weight, dyslipidemia and/or other comorbidities | + | • | - | + | - | • | + |
| Impact on quality of life | + | + | - | - | • | + | |
| Impact on appropriation of the disease by patients and/or greater adherence to therapeutic and hygiene-dietary measures | + | • | - | - | • | • | • |
| Grade classified | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | High | Moderate | High | High |
“+”: positive impact; “-”: no positive impact; “•”: not studied.