Bond Gail E, Burr Robert, Wolf Fredric M, Price Martha, McCurry Susan M, Teri Linda
Department of Psychosocial and Community Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7263, USA.
Diabetes Technol Ther. 2007 Feb;9(1):52-9. doi: 10.1089/dia.2006.0057.
The emergence of the World Wide Web in the last decade has made it feasible for the Internet to be a vehicle for chronic disease management.
A randomized controlled trial (n = 62) testing the effects of a 6-month web-based intervention plus usual care, compared with usual care alone, among adults 60 years of age and older with diabetes. The outcomes were hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), blood pressure, weight, cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels.
A multivariate analysis of covariance controlling for all baseline outcome variables, age, gender, and number of years with diabetes showed significant (P = 0.001) reductions in HbA1c, weight, and cholesterol level and significant improvement in HDL levels in the intervention versus the control group.
Findings show a web-based intervention was effective in improving HbA1c, weight, cholesterol, and HDL levels at a 6-month follow-up. Future research is needed to investigate the long-term effectiveness of web-based interventions.
过去十年万维网的出现使互联网成为慢性病管理的一种可行工具。
一项随机对照试验(n = 62),在60岁及以上的糖尿病成年人中,测试为期6个月的基于网络的干预措施加常规护理与单独常规护理相比的效果。结果指标为糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)、血压、体重、胆固醇和高密度脂蛋白(HDL)水平。
对所有基线结果变量、年龄、性别和糖尿病病程进行协方差控制的多变量分析显示,与对照组相比,干预组的HbA1c、体重和胆固醇水平显著降低(P = 0.001),HDL水平显著改善。
研究结果表明,在6个月的随访中,基于网络的干预措施在改善HbA1c、体重、胆固醇和HDL水平方面有效。需要进一步的研究来调查基于网络的干预措施的长期效果。