Social impact analysis of the effects of a telemedicine intervention to improve diabetes outcomes in an ethnically diverse, medically underserved population: findings from the IDEATel Study.

Autor: Shea S; Steven Shea, Rafael A. Lantigua, and Walter Palmas are with the Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY. At the time of this study, Dhruva Kothari was with the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University. Jeanne A. Teresi, Jian Kong, and Joseph P. Eimicke are with the Research Division of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, Bronx, NY. Jeanne A. Teresi is also with the Morris W. Stroud, III, Center for Studies on Quality of Life, Columbia University. Ruth S. Weinstock is with Joslin Diabetes Center and Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY., Kothari D, Teresi JA, Kong J, Eimicke JP, Lantigua RA, Palmas W, Weinstock RS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2013 Oct; Vol. 103 (10), pp. 1888-94. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Mar 14.
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300909
Abstrakt: Objectives: We examined the social impact of the telemedicine intervention effects in lower- and higher-socioeconomic status (SES) participants in the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) study.
Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial comparing telemedicine case management with usual care, with blinded outcome evaluation, in 1665 Medicare recipients with diabetes, aged 55 years or older, residing in federally designated medically underserved areas of New York State. The primary trial endpoints were hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and systolic blood pressure levels.
Results: HbA1c was higher in lower-income participants at the baseline examination. However, we found no evidence that the intervention increased disparities. A significant moderator effect was seen for HbA1c (P = .004) and systolic blood pressure (P = .023), with the lowest-income group showing greater intervention effects.
Conclusions: Lower-SES participants in the IDEATel study benefited at least as much as higher-SES participants from telemedicine nurse case management for diabetes. Tailoring the intensity of the intervention based on clinical need may have led to greater improvements among those not at goal for diabetes control, a group that also had lower income, thereby avoiding the potential for an innovative intervention to widen socioeconomic disparities.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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