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Phone-delivered diabetes education improves self-care behaviors

Última actualización 29 de agosto de 2026

Key finding

Posttreatment systolic blood pressure decreased from 140 mmHg to 134.53 mmHg.

This study evaluated the impact of phone-delivered diabetes education on self-care behaviors in adults, finding significant reductions in blood pressure.

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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

This study evaluated the impact of phone-delivered diabetes education on self-care behaviors in adults, finding significant reductions in blood pressure.

Clinical relevance

These findings highlight the potential of telehealth interventions in managing diabetes, particularly in improving cardiovascular health through blood pressure reduction. This is crucial as high blood pressure is a common complication in diabetes, and effective management can lead to better overall health outcomes.

Keep in mind

Limited generalizability due to specific participant characteristics. Potential biases in self-reported data. Short follow-up period may not capture long-term effects.

Published in

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Koren SG, Elizabeth L. Phone-Delivered Diabetes Education Improves Self-Care Behaviors in Adults. AJPM Focus. 2024;3(4):100244. doi:10.1016/j.focus.2024.100244

Efectos Principales

Systolic blood pressure decreased by 5.47 mmHg (p=0.001).

Diastolic blood pressure decreased by 3.3 mmHg (p=0.007).

No significant change in HbA1C levels.

No significant change in body weight or BMI.

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Evidence Context

This study contributes evidence to Telehealth self-care messages, Usual care and BMI, Body weight, Diastolic blood pressure, and 2 more.

Primary intervention

Telehealth self-care messages

Primary outcomes

  • BMI
  • Body weight
  • Diastolic blood pressure

Evidence relationships

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Evidence pairs
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Relationships
3
Evidence topics
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Evidence network role

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Moderate contributionModerate confidenceNetwork score: 68

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Related topics

10

Evidence pairs

850

Related studies

High relevance in at least one topic

Why it is useful

  • Contributes to 10 evidence relationships
  • Includes primary outcome data
  • Linked to 3 direct semantic evidence topics

Topic contributions

Evidence topic

Contributes evidence

Evidence topic

Contributes evidence

Evidence topic

Contributes evidence

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Evidencia principal

Tema de evidencia

Blood Pressure

matched_outcome

Evidencia relacionada

Tema de evidencia

Weight Loss

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Core evidence

Study findings

The primary outcomes reported in this study.

BMI

Telehealth self-care messages → BMI

Telehealth self-care messages → BMI

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
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Body weight

Telehealth self-care messages → Body weight

Telehealth self-care messages → Body weight

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

Diastolic blood pressure

Telehealth self-care messages → Diastolic blood pressure

Telehealth self-care messages → Diastolic blood pressure

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
100
Very Positive
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

HbA1c

Telehealth self-care messages → HbA1c

Telehealth self-care messages → HbA1c

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

Systolic blood pressure

Telehealth self-care messages → Systolic blood pressure

Telehealth self-care messages → Systolic blood pressure

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
100
Very Positive
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

BMI

Usual care → BMI

Usual care → BMI

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Strong
Score 79 · Based on 4 studies
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
ConsistencyScore™
75
consistent
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 4 estudios
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Body weight

Usual care → Body weight

Usual care → Body weight

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
84
Strong
ImpactScore™
50
Neutral
ConsistencyScore™
80
consistent
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 5 estudios
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Diastolic blood pressure

Usual care → Diastolic blood pressure

Usual care → Diastolic blood pressure

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
100
Very Positive
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

HbA1c

Usual care → HbA1c

Usual care → HbA1c

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
86
Strong
ImpactScore™
58
Slightly Positive
ConsistencyScore™
91
consistent
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 12 estudios
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Systolic blood pressure

Usual care → Systolic blood pressure

Usual care → Systolic blood pressure

Evidence Intelligence™
EvidenceScore™
Emerging
Score 59 · Based on 1 study
ImpactScore™
100
Very Positive
ConsistencyScore™
unclear
Not enough independent studies
Estudios de apoyo: Basado en 1 estudio
Add to Evidence Tracker

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evidence suggest

La Evidencia Sugiere

  • Systolic blood pressure decreased significantly post-treatment.
  • Diastolic blood pressure also showed significant reduction.
  • No significant changes in HbA1C, weight, or BMI.
who this applies

A quién se aplica

  • Adults diagnosed with diabetes.
  • Individuals seeking to improve self-care behaviors.
keep in mind

Tener en Cuenta

  • Results may not apply to populations outside the study group.
  • Further research needed to assess long-term effects.
  • Findings are based on a specific intervention type (telehealth).
between the lines

Entre Líneas

  • Limited generalizability due to specific participant characteristics.
  • Potential biases in self-reported data.
  • Short follow-up period may not capture long-term effects.

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Connected Evidence

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Relationships organized using the Dediabetes Evidence Intelligence™ framework.

This study contributes to evidence on Usual care and HbA1c, Usual care and Body Weight.

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This study contributes to the evidence on the following intervention-outcome relationships.

Questions answered by this study

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Does Usual care improve HbA1c?

Strong Evidence

Usual care may improve HbA1c.

ConsistencyScore™: Results are consistent across studies.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    HbA1c

    EvidenceScore™ Strong | EvidenceScore™ 85.9 | weak 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: Aug 2026

Does Usual care affect body weight?

Strong Evidence

Current evidence does not show a clear benefit of Usual care for Body weight.

ConsistencyScore™: Results are consistent across studies.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    Body weight

    EvidenceScore™ Strong | EvidenceScore™ 84.2 | neutral | 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: Aug 2026

Does Usual care affect bmi?

Strong Evidence

Current evidence does not show a clear benefit of Usual care for BMI.

ConsistencyScore™: Results are consistent across studies.

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    BMI

    EvidenceScore™ Strong | EvidenceScore™ 79.0 | neutral | 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: Aug 2026

Does Telehealth self-care messages improve diastolic blood pressure?

Emerging Evidence

Telehealth self-care messages appears to improve Diastolic blood pressure.

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

Ranked evidence signals

  1. 1

    Diastolic blood pressure

    EvidenceScore™ Emerging | EvidenceScore™ 59.0 | strong positive | 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: Aug 2026
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