Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends combined diet and physical activity promotion programs for people at increased risk of type 2 diabetes to reduce new-onset diabetes. Combined diet and physical activity promotion programs also increase the…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage community health workers for diabetes prevention to improve glycemic (blood sugar) control and weight-related outcomes among people at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Economic evidence indicates…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends intensive lifestyle interventions for patients with type 2 diabetes to improve glycemic control and reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Intervention Intensive lifestyle interventions provide ongoing counseling, coaching, or individualized…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends team-based care to control type 2 diabetes. Evidence shows team-based care improves patients’ blood glucose (measured using A1c levels), blood pressure, and lipid levels. Interventions also increase the proportion of…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends interventions that engage community health workers to help patients manage their diabetes. These interventions have been shown to improve patients’ glycemic and lipid control and reduce their healthcare use. Economic…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends the use of diabetes self-management mobile phone applications (apps), when implemented in healthcare systems, to improve blood glucose among patients with type 2 diabetes. Apps may provide automated feedback or…
Snapshot Summary of CPSTF Finding The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine whether diabetes self-management mobile phone apps are effective at reducing blood glucose in patients with type 1 diabetes. While the included studies showed favorable results, there were…