Why carry out this review?

Brief digital solutions have the benefit of being highly accessible and convenient as well as easily scalable for population-level care programs. This review assessed the impact of brief digital behavior change solutions for people living with type 2 diabetes (T2D) while also identifying some of the behavior change techniques (i.e., the “active ingredients”) that make these interventions successful

What was learned from the review?

Randomized trials indicate that brief digital solutions can improve T2D patient engagement, glycemic control, self-efficacy, and levels of physical activity

Brief interventions have been evaluated in a variety of populations including patients with low incomes, with limited educational attainments, or living in rural areas. Results suggest that they can address some of the most complex patient needs and social determinants of health while being initiated more easily

Simple, personalized, and short-duration digital solutions can improve diabetic outcomes and represent an important alternative to in-person interventions requiring greater investment of health system resources

Brief, easy-to-use digital solutions can reduce patient burden, increase access to care, improve clinical and behavioral outcomes, and provide patients with control over how and when they engage self-management resources