The effect of education and mobile health management on improvement of blood glucose with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Aim

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of education and mobile health management on improvement of blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Subjects and methods

A total of 209 patients (91 women, 118 men) with type 2 diabetes mellitus using both basal insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents participated in the study from August to December 2015. They were followed up at week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16, respectively. During follow-up, patients received education from professional diabetes educator nurses. Meanwhile, patients needed to upload their fasting plasma glucose levels three times or more and their postprandial plasma glucose level on a panel computer. The program duration was 16 weeks.

Results

Compared with baseline, fasting plasma glucose (9.7 mmol/l vs. 6.8 mmol/l, P?<?0.001) and postprandial plasma glucose (10.4 mmol/l vs. 9.5 mmol/l, P?<?0.001) levels had decreased significantly at week 16. The number of patients with hemoglobin A1c < 7% increased significantly from 33 at baseline to 115 at week 16 (P?<?0.001).

Conclusion

Our study indicated that education and the mobile health management can effectively improve blood glucose levels of patients with postprandial plasma glucose.