NCT00527254

Telemedicine Influence in the Follow up of the Type 2 Diabetes Patient

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 328 (actual)
• Sponsor: Province of Malaga Health Department · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a a real time teleassistance system in the clinical evolution of type 2 diabetic patients on self monitoring blood glucose in the Public National Primary Care System.

Detailed description

The UKPDS study in type 2 diabetes and the DCCT in type 1, showed that intensive blood glucose control and the following HBA1c decrease were associated with a decrease of diabetic complications. Introducing telecontrol elements in the real time follow up of the patients, should help to know continuously patient blood glucose profile and add if necessary immediately therapeutical variations, to maintain HbA1c levels as low as possible. The study compares type 2 diabetes patients performing self monitoring of blood glucose, followed up by their family doctor in their primary care unit with the extra support of a real time teleassistance system with type 2 diabetes patients performing self monitoring of blood glucose, followed up by their family doctor in their primary care unit.

Conditions

• Type 2 Diabetes
• Telemedicine
• Self Monitoring Blood Glucose
• Primary Care

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Telemedicine system	Possibility of sending the SMBG values of the patients to a web page via phone mobile sms messages. The HCP had a password access to this web page to check the blood glucose values of the patients and if necessary send to them sms messages with recommendations.

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-10-01
• Completion: 2005-06-01
• First posted: 2007-09-10
• Last updated: 2007-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain