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Table 5 Summary of Study Effects Size for Fasting Blood Glucose (mg/dL)

From: Clinical and patient-centered implementation outcomes of mHealth interventions for type 2 diabetes in low-and-middle income countries: a systematic review

Study

 

Control

Intervention

 

Study Duration (Months)

mHealth mode of delivery

 

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

  

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

Effect Size

n

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p-value

n

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Cohen's d

Hedge’s g

Dong et al. [47]

12

MPTMs Int

59

164.7

46.46

134.9

42.01

0.01

60

173.7

89.64

131.9

28.44

0.08

0.08

Goodarzi et al. [51]

3

MPTMs, Uni

43

151.47

55.59

142.00

38.00

0.23

38

161.49

54.15

133.56

36.44

0.23

0.23

Huo et al. [53]

6

MPTMs, Int

251

153.15

54.05

154.95

59.46

0.01

251

145.95

48.65

135.14

48.65

0.36

0.36

Kumar et al. [55]

12

MPTMs, Uni

476

150.50

62.30

149.20

71.40

0.05

479

163.70

66.90

152.80

66.90

0.01

0.01

Peimani et al. [63] 1

3

MPTMs, Uni

50

166.94

67.52

165.32

57.85

0.04

50

170.99

70.46

150.18

66.08

0.24

0.24

Rasoul et al. [66]

5

Telemedicine

49

252.06

39.58

238.24

40.01

0.0001

49

250.26

50.55

131.08

16.04

0.04

0.04

Sun et al. [70]

6

Mobile Apps

47

140.18

33.33

130.45

44.86

0.96

44

144.14

45.77

130.81

39.10

0.01

0.01

Wang et al. [71]

6

Mobile APPs

60

165.8

74.9

143.3

65.3

0.796

60

169.4

77.8

118.4

54.4

0.41

0.41

Zhou et al. [73]

3

Mobile APPs

50

160.18

52.07

144.50

39.82

0.01

50

158.92

9.73

124.68

25.05

0.60

0.60

  1. 1Combined means and SD: Study had two intervention arms; WPMDs : Wearable or portable monitoring devices; MCPs: Mobile phone calls (MPCs), MPTMs : mobile phone text message, Uni: Unidirectional; Int: Interactive