Meta-analysis shows e-health interventions increase physical activity and reduce health risks in diabetes patients, indicating promising benefits.
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing year over year, and its high number of complications and disability rates pose a significant challenge to global public health. Electronic health has achieved better efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes, but research in promoting exercise in diabetes is incomplete. A computerized search of Web of science, PubMed, The Cochrane Library, and Embase databases was conducted to retrieve randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of e-health interventions for physical activity in patients with type 2 diabetes. The risk of bias of the included literature was assessed according to ROB 2.0. Heterogeneity of study results was detected by I ² , and subgroup meta-analysis were used to find sources of heterogeneity. Sensitivity analyses assessed the stability of results. Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15.0. A total of 14 RCTs with 1,385 patients were included. Meta-analyses showed that the test group significantly improved physical activity (SMD: 0.35; 95% Cl: 0.22, 0.49) and reduced glycated hemoglobin (WMD:0.74;95%Cl:0.34,1.14), BMI (WMD: 0.74; 95% Cl: 0.36, 1.12), and waist circumference (SMD: 0.49; 95% Cl: 0.05, 0.93; all P’s < 0.05) but did not significantly reduce the levels of blood lipids (Cholesterol, Triglyceride, HDL-c, and LDL-c; all P’s > 0.05). E-health interventions can improve physical activity and reduce glycated hemoglobin, BMI and waist circumference in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. These conclusions still need to be confirmed with larger sample sizes and high-quality studies.
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