Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Telecoaching programme for type 2 diabetes control: a randomised clinical trial
2018; Mark Allen Group; Volume: 27; Issue: 19 Linguagem: Inglês
10.12968/bjon.2018.27.19.1115
ISSN2052-2819
AutoresHérica Cristina Alves de Vasconcelos, José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Gerdane Celene Nunes Carvalho, Carla Regina de Souza Teixeira, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas, Marta María Coelho Damasceno,
Tópico(s)Diabetes Management and Research
ResumoBackground: People with diabetes have a high risk of developing micro and macrovascular complications that increase treatment costs and shorten life expectancy. Telecoaching programmes can improve short-term control of diabetes and reduce disease burden. Aims: To analyse the effect of a health telecoaching programme in the control of type 2 diabetes. Methods: A pragmatic clinical trial was carried out. Thirty-one patients with type 2 diabetes were divided into control and intervention groups. The control group received usual nursing care, and those in the intervention group received usual care and telecoaching for 24 weeks. Findings: The intervention group improved: measurements of abdominal circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and body mass index; variables related to glycaemic control (fasting venous glucose and glycated haemoglobin/HbA1c); and high-density lipoprotein levels. Conclusion: The data indicate that telecoaching is an effective tool for diabetes management. It is recommended that the study should be developed to include more people and run over the long term.
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