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<Articles><Article><Journal><PublisherName></PublisherName><JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)</JournalTitle><Issn>2008-7802</Issn><Volume>15</Volume><Issue>9</Issue><PubDate PubStatus="epublish"><Year>2024</Year><Month>11</Month><Day>20</Day></PubDate></Journal><title locale="en_US">Diabetes Care: An Online Web-Based Tool for Improving the Health Outcomes of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Longitudinal Study</title><FirstPage>2938</FirstPage><LastPage>2938</LastPage><AuthorList><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">2 Department of General Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author><Author><affiliation locale="en_US">1 Department of Community Medicine, JSS Medical College, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka</affiliation></Author></AuthorList><History><PubDate PubStatus="received"><Year>2024</Year><Month>11</Month><Day>20</Day></PubDate></History><abstract locale="en_US">Background: Diabetes is a chronic medical condition with severe complications, mainly caused by unhealthy lifestyles in genetically susceptible individuals. There has been a growing interest in the role of mobile health technologies in achieving better self-efficacy in managing diabetes. This study attempts to assess the impact of a web-based model on improving the diabetes status among Type 2 diabetic patients attending a tertiary care hospital in southern India. Methods: A longitudinal study was conducted among patients with type 2 diabetes attending the outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in Mysuru, southern India, for 6 months. Diabetes Care (https://www.diabetescare.co.in/), which is an online website that can be used as a risk prediction tool for uncontrolled diabetes and recommends lifestyle changes, was used by 456 diabetes patients for 6 months. We assessed the change in glycosylated haemoglobin levels at the beginning and after 6 months of using the software. Results: The mean HbA1c value at the start of the study was 8.039% ± 1.981. The HbA1c value assessed after 6 months post-intervention showed an improvement of 7.794% ± 1.853 with a mean difference of 0.245. A paired T-test showed a statistically significant association with a P value of 0.049. Conclusions: Evidence from this study suggests that intervention using a webbased model focusing on risk prediction and educational intervention showed an improvement in the diabetic status of the patients with T2DM.</abstract><web_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2938</web_url><pdf_url>http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2938/717718779</pdf_url></Article></Articles>
