Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Could Low-Cost Mobile Health Interventions Make a Difference?:Enhancing Outcomes of Noncommunicable Diseases Care in Rural Settings and Refugee Camps
Brief Summary: Rural areas and refugee camps are characterized by poor access of patients to needed noncommunicable disease (NCD)-related health services, including diabetes and hypertension. This community trial study aims to assess the effect of employing low-cost mHealth tools on the accessibility to health services and improvement of health indicators of individuals with NCDs in rural areas and refugee camps in Lebanon.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

The following patients will be eligible for study participation:

* Patients with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Diabetes will be defined as those patients presently taking either oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin therapy (oral hypoglycemic agents to include all drugs in the drug classes of: alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, biguanides, meglitinides, sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones and adjunctive therapy) taken for \>6 months to rule-out steroid-induced diabetes and gestational diabetes.

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients will be excluded from the study if they:

* Do not provide or are unable to provide written informed consent
* Refuse or are unlikely to attend follow-up visits for BP measurements
* Are institutionalized
* Are \<18 years of age
* Do not understand English
* Enrolled in other diabetes or hypertension trials

Subjects will be recruited whether or not they are receiving antihypertensive therapy.
B: Inclusion criteria

Males and females aged ≥ 18 years who are diagnosed with:

1. T2DM or HPT or both
2. Seen at least once in the last one year at the primary care clinic for the above conditions

Exclusion criteria

1. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
2. Receiving renal dialysis
3. Presenting with severe HPT (Systolic BP \>180mmHg and/or Diastolic BP \>110 mmHg)
4. Diagnosed with conditions resulting in secondary hypertension
5. Diagnosed to have circulatory disorders needing referral to secondary care over the last 1 year e.g. unstable angina, heart attack, stroke, transient ischaemic attacks
6. Receiving shared care between primary and secondary care for complications of T2DM and/or HPT
7. Pregnancy
8. Enrolled in another study

All patients in the intervention arm are required to be seen at least twice by the CDM team of each clinic during the 1-year intervention period. Those who do not comply are considered as lost to follow-up. There is no limit to the number of clinic visits a patient is allowed to make in either arm during the course of the study.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients in primary care referred to Diabetes Educator
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Registered at the Primary Healthcare Center as diabetics and/or hypertensive or diagnosed with or suspected to have diabetes and/or hypertension
* Aged 40 years or more
* Lebanese or Palestinian nationality

Exclusion Criteria:

* aged less than 40 years
* Non-Lebanese / Non-Palestinian
* No exclusion based on gender, educational and literacy level, disability, or presence of other medical conditions

Answer: D