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      <dc:title>Smartphones and Apps to Control Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Level in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>Martos Cabrera, Maria</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Velando Soriano, Almudena</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Pradas-Hernández, Laura</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Suleiman Martos, Nora</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Cañadas De La Fuente, Guillermo Arturo</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Albendín García, Luis</dc:creator>
      <dc:creator>Gómez Urquiza, Jose Luis</dc:creator>
      <dc:subject>Glycosylated hemoglobin</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Health education</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Prevention and control</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Diabetes mellitus</dc:subject>
      <dc:subject>Smartphone application</dc:subject>
      <dc:description>Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic endocrine-metabolic disease, the evolution of&#xd;
which is closely related to people’s self-control of glycemic levels through nutrition, exercise, and&#xd;
medicines. Aim: To determine whether smartphone apps can help persons with diabetes to improve&#xd;
their % levels of glycosylated hemoglobin. Method: A systematic review and meta-analysis were&#xd;
done. ProQuest, Pubmed/Medline, and Scopus databases were used. The search equation used&#xd;
was “(Prevention and Control) AND Diabetes Mellitus AND Smartphones”. The inclusion criteria&#xd;
applied were clinical trials, conducted in 2014–2019. Results: n = 18 studies were included in the&#xd;
review. The studies tried different applications to monitor glycemia and support patients to improve&#xd;
glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. More than half of the studies found statistically significant&#xd;
differences in HbA1c in the intervention group compared with the control group. Eleven studies&#xd;
were included in the meta-analysis and the study sample was n = 545 for the experimental group and&#xd;
n = 454 for the control group. The meta-analytic estimation of the HbA1c % level means differences&#xd;
between intervention and control group was statistically significant in favour of the intervention&#xd;
group with a mean difference of –0.37 (–0.58, –0.15. 95% confidence interval). Conclusion: Smartphone&#xd;
apps can help people with diabetes to improve their level of HbA1c, but the clinical impact is low.</dc:description>
      <dc:date>2020-05-12T11:50:28Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-05-12T11:50:28Z</dc:date>
      <dc:date>2020-03-04</dc:date>
      <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>Martos-Cabrera, M. B., Velando-Soriano, A., Pradas-Hernández, L., Suleiman-Martos, N., Albendín-García, L., &amp; Gómez-Urquiza, J. L. (2020). Smartphones and Apps to Control Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) Level in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of clinical medicine, 9(3), 693.</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61984</dc:identifier>
      <dc:identifier>10.3390/jcm9030693</dc:identifier>
      <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
      <dc:rights>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
      <dc:rights>Atribución 3.0 España</dc:rights>
      <dc:publisher>MDPI</dc:publisher>
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