A Taxonomic Integrative Review of Short Message Service (SMS) Methodology: A Framework for Improved Diabetic Outcomes

Background: To acquire self-management skills that affect clinical outcomes, collaboration and communication with one’s health care team is essential, yet many health care systems are not designed adequately to be responsive to a patient’s efforts to self-manage. This review synthesizes the interven...

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Published in:Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology 2015-04, Vol.9 (6), p.1321-1326
Main Author: Holcomb, Linda S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomarkers - blood
Communication
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - drug therapy
Glycated Hemoglobin A - metabolism
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use
Medication Adherence
Patient Care Team
Patient Education as Topic
Patient Satisfaction
Professional-Patient Relations
Reminder Systems
Review
Self Care - methods
Telemedicine - methods
Text Messaging
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:Background: To acquire self-management skills that affect clinical outcomes, collaboration and communication with one’s health care team is essential, yet many health care systems are not designed adequately to be responsive to a patient’s efforts to self-manage. This review synthesizes the intervention methodology of current studies facilitating the efforts of health care providers who wish to design, develop, and implement evidence-based SMS programs for patients with diabetes, focusing on clinical outcomes of A1C values, medication adherence rates, and participant satisfaction. Methods: This integrative review was conducted using an integrative taxonomic analysis approach. This approach involves creating a classification system with domains or characteristics, defining the relationships between those domains, and creating a foundation for new theories or constructs. Results: Synthesis of the evidence included in this integrated review suggests the best design for a SMS diabetes management program aimed at improving A1C levels, medication adherence rates, and participant satisfaction is an intervention providing weekly SMS education, with 2-way message direction, that is 3 months in length. Conclusions: The studies in this review have demonstrated that SMS interventions can be an important part of a viable and effective program in the effort to better manage adults with type 2 diabetes.
ISSN:1932-2968
1932-2968
1932-3107
DOI:10.1177/1932296815585132