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Digital telehealth improves diabetes management outcomes.

Última actualización 8 de julio de 2026

Key finding

There was a significant reduction in the HbA1c levels of participants after 3 and 6 months.

Mobile phone-based app with or without telehealth counseling in adults with type 2 diabetes.

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EvidenceScore™

Moderate

Study type

RCTs

Follow-up

Medium-Term (3–12 mo)

Risk of bias

Some Concerns

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Plain-language summary

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Study focus

Mobile phone-based app with or without telehealth counseling in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Clinical relevance

This study evaluated Mobile phone-based app with or without telehealth counseling in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Keep in mind

Limitations were not clearly described in the extracted text.

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Austine UO, Girmay B, Alfred C, Andre H. Digital Telehealth Interventions for Diabetes Management: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Patient Experience. 2023;10:23743735231188835. doi:10.1177/23743735231188835

Evidence network

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Evidence Context

This study contributes evidence to Mobile app for diabetes self-management and Depression score, Diabetes self-management behaviors, HbA1c, and 1 more.

Primary intervention

Mobile app for diabetes self-management

Primary outcomes

  • Depression score
  • Diabetes self-management behaviors
  • HbA1c

Evidence relationships

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Evidence pairs
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Relationships
2
Evidence topics
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Evidence network role

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Moderate contributionModerate confidenceNetwork score: 64

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Related topics

4

Evidence pairs

254

Related studies

High relevance in at least one topic

Why it is useful

  • Contributes to 4 evidence relationships
  • Includes primary outcome data
  • Linked to 2 direct semantic evidence topics

Topic contributions

Evidence topic

Contributes evidence

Evidence topic

Contributes evidence

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Evidencia principal

Tema de evidencia

HbA1c Reduction

matched_outcome

Evidencia relacionada

Tema de evidencia

Treatment Adherence

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Core evidence

Study findings

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Depression score

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Depression score

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Depression score

Evidence Intelligence™
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Supporting studies: Based on 1 study
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Diabetes self-management behaviors

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Diabetes self-management behaviors

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Diabetes self-management behaviors

Evidence Intelligence™
ImpactScore™
100
Very Positive
EvidenceScore™
79
Strong
ConsistencyScore™
100
consistent
Supporting studies: Based on 3 studies
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HbA1c

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → HbA1c

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → HbA1c

Evidence Intelligence™
ImpactScore™
83
Positive
EvidenceScore™
79
Strong
ConsistencyScore™
67
generally_consistent
Supporting studies: Based on 3 studies
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Health-related quality of life

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Health-related quality of life

Mobile app for diabetes self-management → Health-related quality of life

Evidence Intelligence™
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Supporting studies: Based on 1 study
Add to Evidence Tracker

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Relationships organized using the Dediabetes Evidence Intelligence™ framework.

This study contributes to evidence on Mobile app for diabetes self-management and HbA1c, Mobile app for diabetes self-management and Diabetes Management Self-Efficacy.

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Does Mobile app for diabetes self-management improve diabetes self-management behaviors?

Strong Evidence

Mobile app for diabetes self-management appears to improve Diabetes self-management behaviors.

ConsistencyScore™: Results are consistent across studies.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    Diabetes self-management behaviors

    EvidenceScore™ Strong | EvidenceScore™ 78.6 | strong positive | ConsistencyScore™ Consistent | 1 study

Why this answer: This answer is based on a single supporting study.

Limitations

  • Only one supporting study is available.
  • Population details are unavailable.
1 supporting studyUpdated: Jul 2026

Does Mobile app for diabetes self-management improve HbA1c?

Strong Evidence

Mobile app for diabetes self-management may improve HbA1c.

ConsistencyScore™: Results are generally consistent across studies.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    HbA1c

    EvidenceScore™ Strong | EvidenceScore™ 78.6 | moderate positive | ConsistencyScore™ Generally Consistent | 1 study

Why this answer: This answer is based on a single supporting study.

Limitations

  • Only one supporting study is available.
  • Population details are unavailable.
1 supporting studyUpdated: Jul 2026

Does Mobile app for diabetes self-management improve depression score?

Emerging Evidence

Current evidence does not show a clear benefit of Mobile app for diabetes self-management for Depression score.

ConsistencyScore™: Consistency cannot yet be determined from the available evidence.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    Depression score

    EvidenceScore™ Emerging | EvidenceScore™ 59.0 | neutral | ConsistencyScore™ Unclear | 1 study

Why this answer: This answer is based on a single supporting study.

Limitations

  • Only one supporting study is available.
  • Consistency cannot yet be determined.
  • Population details are unavailable.
1 supporting studyUpdated: Jul 2026

Does Mobile app for diabetes self-management improve health-related quality of life?

Emerging Evidence

Current evidence does not show a clear benefit of Mobile app for diabetes self-management for Health-related quality of life.

ConsistencyScore™: Consistency cannot yet be determined from the available evidence.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    Health-related quality of life

    EvidenceScore™ Emerging | EvidenceScore™ 59.0 | neutral | ConsistencyScore™ Unclear | 1 study

Why this answer: This answer is based on a single supporting study.

Limitations

  • Only one supporting study is available.
  • Consistency cannot yet be determined.
  • Population details are unavailable.
1 supporting studyUpdated: Jul 2026
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