Nisha Nangrani
James Cook University, Australia
Title: Outcomes of Telehealth in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Biography
Biography: Nisha Nangrani
Abstract
The outcomes of telehealth in the management of Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) have not been evaluated since the publication of recent clinical trials. The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of recently published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the biochemical, clinical and psychosocial outcomes of telehealth in subjects with T2DM. Electronic databases, MEDLINE, CINAHL, INFORMIT, SCOPUS and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and reference lists of existing systematic reviews were searched until August 2017 to identify relevant studies. Study search and selection were performed by two independent reviewers. 4791 articles were retrieved of which 11 RCTs (n=3772) were included. A meta-analysis with random effects model was applied to estimate the pooled results.