Telehealth insulin titration in adults with diabetes: a randomized controlled trial comparing bluetooth-enabled versus traditional glucometers
Xia Lian, Hui Ling Liew, Ying Shan Lee, Anita Ying Lin, Eunice Yu Wen Goh, Christina Yang Hoon Goh, Hwee Chen Quek, Isaac Jun Song Tan, Helen Lim, Ying Jie Chee, Zhi Han Quek, Liang Shen, Rinkoo Dalan · 2025
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Xia Lian and co-authors test whether a Bluetooth meter beats a plain one when nurses adjust insulin by telehealth. Their 2025 trial randomly assigns 120 adults with diabetes to connected or traditional glucometers for 24 weeks. Both groups get the same schedule of nurse calls and clinic visits for dose tuning.
Blood sugar control improved strongly in both arms, with the plain-meter group actually dropping its long-term marker slightly more. No real gap in control appeared at any checkpoint. One difference did emerge: the Bluetooth group made far fewer emergency visits, about 4 percent versus 17 percent. Distress tied to diabetes eased in both groups alike. The authors suggest connected meters may save hospital trips even without better sugar numbers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Xia Lian, Hui Ling Liew, Ying Shan Lee, Anita Ying Lin, Eunice Yu Wen Goh, Christina Yang Hoon Goh, Hwee Chen Quek, Isaac Jun Song Tan, Helen Lim, Ying Jie Chee, Zhi Han Quek, Liang Shen, Rinkoo Dalan |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |