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Effectiveness of the Smart Care Service for Diabetes Management

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Smart Care service for the diabetes management. METHODS: Fifty-six patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited in Daegu, Korea. All participants completed a diabetes management education course (diet, exercise, and complicat...

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Autores principales: Chung, Young-Soon, Kim, Yongsuk, Lee, Chang Hee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Medical Informatics 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4231179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405065
http://dx.doi.org/10.4258/hir.2014.20.4.288
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Lee, Chang Hee
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description OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Smart Care service for the diabetes management. METHODS: Fifty-six patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited in Daegu, Korea. All participants completed a diabetes management education course (diet, exercise, and complications) for their self-care and received access to a care management website through a netbook and smartphone. The website accepts uploads of glucose level, body weight, HbA1c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, and blood pressure. Participants communicated with the care manager through the internal management system of the website. The intervention was applied for 6 months. RESULTS: Participants receiving the Smart Care service had lower blood glucose and HbA1c during 6 months follow-up when 1-month values (p < 0.001) were compared. There was no significant difference in body weight and body mass index between 1 month and 6 months. The average number of remote consultation with the Smart Care service per person was 10.4 by nurses, 3.0 by nutritionists, and 1.6 by sports curers. Regression analysis indicated that the number of times counseling was offered by nurses influences body weight and that the number of minutes of telephone counseling influences both body weight and body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: We have confirmed that the Smart Care service might be an effective system for reduction in blood glucose and HbA1c. We expect that the Smart Care service will contribute to delaying diabetes complications and improving the quality of life of patients with diabetes.
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spelling pubmed-42311792014-11-17 Effectiveness of the Smart Care Service for Diabetes Management Chung, Young-Soon Kim, Yongsuk Lee, Chang Hee Healthc Inform Res Original Article OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the Smart Care service for the diabetes management. METHODS: Fifty-six patients with diabetes mellitus were recruited in Daegu, Korea. All participants completed a diabetes management education course (diet, exercise, and complications) for their self-care and received access to a care management website through a netbook and smartphone. The website accepts uploads of glucose level, body weight, HbA1c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, and blood pressure. Participants communicated with the care manager through the internal management system of the website. The intervention was applied for 6 months. RESULTS: Participants receiving the Smart Care service had lower blood glucose and HbA1c during 6 months follow-up when 1-month values (p < 0.001) were compared. There was no significant difference in body weight and body mass index between 1 month and 6 months. The average number of remote consultation with the Smart Care service per person was 10.4 by nurses, 3.0 by nutritionists, and 1.6 by sports curers. Regression analysis indicated that the number of times counseling was offered by nurses influences body weight and that the number of minutes of telephone counseling influences both body weight and body mass index. CONCLUSIONS: We have confirmed that the Smart Care service might be an effective system for reduction in blood glucose and HbA1c. We expect that the Smart Care service will contribute to delaying diabetes complications and improving the quality of life of patients with diabetes. Korean Society of Medical Informatics 2014-10 2014-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC4231179/ /pubmed/25405065 http://dx.doi.org/10.4258/hir.2014.20.4.288 Text en © 2014 The Korean Society of Medical Informatics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405065
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