Antonija Tadin, Marija Badrov
Oral Health Knowledge, Self-Assessed Oral Health Behavior, and Oral Hygiene Practices among the Adult General Population in Croatia
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
considering timeconsuming costrelated limitations laboratorybased hba1c testing followup clinic visits diabetes management important explore alternative care models incorporate pointofcare testing hba1c monitor glycaemic control related management therefore adopted implementation perspective conduct one group pre postintervention feasibility pilot assessing feasibility acceptability satisfaction conducting home hba1c test patients type 2 diabetes coupled telemonitoring teleconsultations ie primary technology enhanced care ptec home hba1c testing hat programme singaporean primary care setting secondary objective compare hba1c blood pressure primary care visits end intervention vs 6 months adult patients type 2 diabetes hba1c 8 without diabetes complications phone compatibility recruited data collected via patient selfreports electronic medical records extraction summary statistics paired ttest computed quantitative data openended feedback analysed using content analysis total 33 participants completed intervention 37 3337 89 recruited 73 eligible 3773 51 either 51 60 years old 469 60 years 375 males 531 majority chinese 938 majority 813 felt home hba1c testing beneficial commonly reported benefit clinic visit key finding average diabetesrelated visits significantly lower postintervention comparable hba1c values pre postintervention commonly reported challenge using bluetooth transmit reading 437 followed many steps remember 281 participants reported overall satisfied intervention 22 willing pay findings support home hba1c testing patients coupled telemonitoring teleconsultations following practical recommendations implementation scaling phase offering ptec hat programme suitable patients selfmotivated adequate digital literacy provision adequate educational training support sending reminders exploring enabling manual submission hba1c readings considering bluetoothrelated challenges