The narrative synthesis provided mixed effects of CHITs on other clinical , psychosocial , behavioral , and knowledge outcomes .
Conclusions The use of CHITs appears to be more effective than usual care in improving glycemic control for patients with diabetes .
However , their effectiveness did not remain consistent over time and in other patient outcomes .
Objective To reveal the effects of consumer-oriented health information technologies ( CHITs ) on patient outcomes in diabetes management over time through systematic review and meta- analysis .
A Ubiquitous Chronic Disease Care system using cellular phones and the internet.
AIMS The rapidly increasing prevalence of chronic diseases is an important challenge to healthcare systems worldwide . To improve the quality and efficiency of chronic disease care , we investigated the effectiveness and applicability of the Ubiquitous Chronic Disease Care ( UCDC ) system using cellular phones and the internet for overweight patients with both Type 2 diabetes and hypertension . METHODS We conducted a r and omized , controlled clinical trial over 3 months that included 123 patients at a university hospital and a community public health centre . RESULTS After 12 weeks , there were significant improvements in HbA(1c ) in the intervention group ( 7.6 + /- 0.9 % to 7.1 + /- 0.8 % , P < 0.001 ) compared with the control group ( 7.4 + /- 0.9 % to 7.6 + /- 1.0 % , P = 0.03 ) . Furthermore , we observed a significant reduction in systolic and diastolic blood pressure , as well as improvements in total cholesterol , low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the intervention group . Furthermore , there was a significant increase in adiponectin levels in the intervention group compared with the control group , although high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels did not change in either group . CONCLUSIONS The novel UCDC system presented in this paper improved multiple metabolic parameters simultaneously in overweight patients with both Type 2 diabetes and hypertension
The narrative synthesis provided mixed effects of CHITs on other clinical , psychosocial , behavioral , and knowledge outcomes .
Conclusions The use of CHITs appears to be more effective than usual care in improving glycemic control for patients with diabetes .
However , their effectiveness did not remain consistent over time and in other patient outcomes .
Objective To reveal the effects of consumer-oriented health information technologies ( CHITs ) on patient outcomes in diabetes management over time through systematic review and meta- analysis .