Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis
From: Mobile health in the management of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author Year, Country | Study types | Number of participants (I/C) | Age years (I/C) | Sex(M/F) | Diabetes duration (I/C) | Intervention type | HbA1c at baseline (I/C) | HbA1c at follow-up (I/C) | Follow-up (months) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | C | |||||||||
Han, Y 2015, USA | RCT | 20 (10/10) | 13.8±1.874/12.9±2.183 | 4/6 | 5/5 | 6±4.662/7.3±3.164 | mobile text message | 8.60±0.867/8.78±0.728 | 8.23±1.370/8.57±0.786 | 3-4 |
Berndt 2014, Germany | RCT | 68 (34/34) | 12.9±2.0/13.2±2.9 | 21/13 | 20/14 | 5.0±3.7/5.3±4.0 | mobile applications | 8.84±1.71/8.96±2.23 | 8.12±1.10/7.99±1.26 | 3 |
Charpentier 2012, France | RCT | 121 (60/61) | 32.9±11.7/36.8±14.1 | 23/37 | 21/40 | 17.6±8.9/16.9±10.5 | mobile applications | 9.19±1.14/8.91±0.90 | 8.63±1.07/9.10±1.16 | 6 |
David 2009, USA | RCT | 40 (22/18) | 17.7±3.0/18.2±2.3 | 9/13 | 9/9 | 9.0±4.2/9.5±5.6 | mobile text message | 8.9±1.7/8.6±0.9 | 8.7±1.5/8.8±0.9 | 3 |
Franklin 2008, Scotland | RCT | 60 (33/27) | 14.1 (11.7-15.6)/12.7 (10.5-14.8) | 15/18 | 17/10 | 4.8 (2.6-8.6)/3.2 (1.7-6.7) | mobile text message | 9.8±1.8/10.2±1.6 | 10.1±1.7/10.3±1.7 | 12 |
Rossi 2013, Italy | RCT | 127 (63/64) | 38.4±10.3/34.3±10.0 | 29/34 | 31/33 | 16.2±10.0/15.0±8.4 | mobile applications | 8.4±0.79/8.5±0.8 | 7.9±0.79/8.1±0.8 | 6 |
Kirwan 2013, Australia | RCT | 72 (36/36) | 35.97±10.67/34.42±/10.26 | 19/17 | 9/27 | 19.69±9.64/18.19±9.77 | mobile applications | 9.08±1.18/8.47±0.86 | 7.80±0.75/8.58±1.16 | 9 |
Rossi 2010, Italy | RCT | 130 (67/63) | 35.4±9.5/36.1±9.4 | 30/37 | 26/37 | 17.1±10.3/15.8±10.7 | mobile applications | 8.2±0.8/8.4±0.7 | 7.8±0.8/7.9±1.1 | 6 |