Effectiveness of Educational and Psychoeducational Self‐Management Interventions in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Authors' conclusion
There is a lack of robust evidence that current self-management interventions result in clinically meaningful improvements in HbA1c and QoL.
Study context
- Population
- Children and adolescents with T1D; RCTs from 1994 up to May 2024, five databases46 papers · 30 interventions
- Comparison
- Educational and psychoeducational self-management interventions vs control
- Outcome
- HbA1c (short-term)
- Follow-up
- Short-term
Methodological detailsrandom effects model, PRISMA 2020, prespecified subgroup analyses
- Random effects model
- PRISMA 2020
- Prespecified subgroup analyses
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
- Small short-term improvement in HbA1c with self-management interventions
Further pooled results
Psychoeducational vs education-only interventions (prespecified subgroup analyses)
- No significant difference in effectiveness
Quality of included studies
- Low quality; studies with high risk of bias
- 27
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Original publication
Effectiveness of Educational and Psychoeducational Self‐Management Interventions in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Pediatr Diabetes. Published 8 October 2024. doi:10.
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