Type 2 & other diabetes

Financial Incentives, Income Supplementation, Cash Transfer, and Universal Basic Income Interventions in Diabetes: Understanding Differences and Effectiveness: A Scoping Review

Diabetes CarePublished Scoping review

Authors' conclusion

Overall, evidence supports the relationship between monetary approaches, diabetes-related outcomes, and self-care behaviors across monetary approaches.

Study context

Population
Studies of monetary interventions (positive monetary reinforcers and gains) in diabetes; OVID Medline, PubMed, Scopus and CINAHL to July 2024
Participants
13 articles
Comparison
Monetary interventions in diabetes
  • Financial incentivesn = 8
  • Income supplementationn = 3
  • Cash transfersn = 1
  • Income supplementation + financial incentivesn = 1
Outcome
HbA1c

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Financial incentives

0.19% to 1.74%

Income supplementation

0.7% to 1.3%

Cash transfers

0.2% to 0.7%

Studies with statistically significant and clinically meaningful changes in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)
10 of 13

Original publication

Financial Incentives, Income Supplementation, Cash Transfer, and Universal Basic Income Interventions in Diabetes: Understanding Differences and Effectiveness: A Scoping Review. Diabetes Care. Published 14 January 2025. doi:10.2337/dci24-0072

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