Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Telemedicine and e-Health, cilt.28, sa.9, ss.1-13, 2022 (SSCI)
Introduction: Telemedicine is a follow-up system that can improve the quality of management and cost-effectiveness of rapidly increasing diabetes patients.
Methods: Two hundred adult patients with diabetes were enrolled in this prospective, randomized study. Consecutive patients were divided equally into two groups. Both groups received routine care visits quarterly. TeleDiab group also sent self-monitoring of blood glucose data and received short message service over the transmission system for 12 months. After the study was completed, all patients continued their routine care visits, and their data were evaluated for another 12 months. Six years after the initial study, patients were contacted by phone during the Covid-19 lockdown, and their status was assessed.