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Table 4 Changes in clinical outcomes assessed

From: Influence of synchronous primary care telemedicine versus in-person visits on diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia outcomes: a systematic review

Study

 

Diabetes

Hypertension

Hyperlipidemia

  

Change in HbA1c

Change in systolic/diastolic blood pressure

Change in total cholesterol/LDL-C/triglyceride

  

3 months

5 months

6 months

12 months

5 months

12 months

Not specified

5 months

12 months

Whitlock et al. (2000) [22]

Intervention

↓*

Control

Nilsson et al. (2009) [23]

Intervention

b / ↓b

Control

↓ / ↓

Rodriguez-Idígoras et al. (2009) [24]

Intervention

↓***a

↓*b

↓* / ↓*

↓*/↓*/—

Control

↓*

↓ / ↓

—/↓*/—

Esmatjes et al. (2014) [25]

Intervention

↓***

Control

↓***

Basudev et al. (2015) [26]

Intervention

b

b / ↓b

b/—/—

Control

↑ / ↓

↓/—/—

Tokuda et al. (2016) [27]

Intervention

– 

a

↓*b/ ↓*b

—/↓b/↓b

Control

↓ / ↓

—/↓/↑

Levine et al. (2018) [28]

Intervention

↓/—

Control

↓/—

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 Study reported statistical significance between baseline and outcome in either the intervention or control group at the specified duration
  2. aCompared to the control group, the intervention group had greater improvements, p ≤ 0.05
  3. bStudy reported no statistical difference between intervention and control groups at p = 0.05