Εκπαιδευτικές παρεμβάσεις με τη χρήση Τηλεϊατρικής στο Σακχαρώδη Διαβήτη τύ-που ΙΙ και οι επιπτώσεις τους στο γλυκαιμι-κό έλεγχο. (Modern Greek)

Glycemic control of DM2 through Telemedicine. (English)

INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMII) has been recognized as a major cause of premature death worldwide. Self-management is one of the most important skills that patients with this disease need to obtain. The goal of improving the self-management of DM-II has led to the development and implementation of numerous telemedicine programs in order to improve self-care. PURPOSE: The purpose of this systematic review was to study the effect of telemedicine on self-management of the disease. REVIEW METHOD: The review included research studies published in the period 2005-2015, coming from search databases Medline / Pubmed, Scopus, Cinahl with the words "diabetes mellitus type 2", "self-management", "telehealth / e-health "," Telemedicine "," technology ". RESULTS: 24 randomized studies were included. The majority of these showed that glycemic control was statistically significantly improved in the intervention groups compared to control groups. In addition, self-management of DM-II was strengthened after telemedicine interventions. Telemedicine interventions targeting more than one biometric parameter have been shown to be far more effective than simple self-monitoring of blood glucose control in enhancing patient self-management. In addition, the strong theoretical background, the use of other technologies and the longer the duration of the intervention have proved to be also successful strategies. CONCLUSION: Large multicentre studies are necessary to make safe conclusions about the utility and efficiency of telemedicine applications in self-management of chronic diseases such as DM-II. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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