1Ph. D Scholar, Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi
2Associate Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Neena Bhatia, E-mail: neenabhatia70@gmail.com
Online published on 26 September, 2019.
The objective of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of SMS feature of mobile phones in management of type 2 diabetes in different countries, their potential role in clinical and community settings, and the current state of research. A comprehensive electronic search was conducted and studies from 2004 to 2018 were included. In this review 32 articles were included in which number of people participated were 18–955, age of participant lies between 16–75 yrs, participants received interventions for the duration of 1 to 24 month. Messages were categorized into 3 types-reminder messages, messages for treatment assistance and educational and motivational messages. It was observed that there was significant improvement in blood sugar and HbA1c levels of the patients, adherence to medical advice, health lifestyle, knowledge and self-efficacy, user satisfaction with intervention was also assessed in many studies which was found to be high. Significant evidences are there to prove that mobile phone SMS service used in reminders, disease monitoring and disease management is highly useful in improving the glycemic control of Type 2 Diabetes patients.
Type 2 diabetes, mobile phone, short message service, intervention, type 2 diabetes management
