Comparative effectiveness of telehealth-delivered family and standard models of diabetes self-management education and support for persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Authors' conclusion
Results demonstrate the ability to engage rural and diverse PWDs in a telehealth intervention with high fidelity to achieve clinically and statistically significant improvements in HbA1c.
Study context
- Population
- Diverse adults with T2D and their family members/support persons from eight rural and urban primary care clinics
- Participants
- 550 adults
- Comparison
- Family-DSMES vs Standard-DSMES delivered via telehealth
Methodological detailstelehealth, multicentre
- Telehealth
- Multicentre
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Attendance
P = 0.096
- Engagement similar across arms
- P = 0.319
- Class time similar across arms
- P = 0.145
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| Diabetes-related helpful family involvementGreater improvement with Family-DSMES | P = 0.024 |
HbA1c · all time points
- HbA1c decreased in both arms at all time points
- P < 0.005
- No statistically significant between-arm differences in biometric or behavioral outcomes including HbA1c
Original publication
Comparative effectiveness of telehealth-delivered family and standard models of diabetes self-management education and support for persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 20 December 2025. doi:10.
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