Journal article
The Inclusion of Ethnic Minority Patients and the Role of Language in Telehealth Trials for Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review
Talia Isaacs, Daniel Hunt, Danielle Ward, Leila Rooshenas, Louisa Edwards
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6374
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is a serious, pervasive metabolic condition that disproportionately affects ethnic minority patients. Telehealth interventions can facilitate type 2 diabetes monitoring and prevent secondary complications. However, trials designed to test the effectiveness of telehealth interventions may underrecruit or exclude ethnic minority patients, with language a potential barrier to recruitment. The underrepresentation of minorities in trials limits the external validity of the findings for this key patient demographic. OBJECTIVE: This systematic review examines (1) the research reporting practices and prevalence of ethnic minority patients included in telehealth randomized..
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Awarded by European Commission
Awarded by Medical Research Council (MRC) Collaboration and Innovation for Difficult Trials in Invasive procedures (ConDuCT-II) Hub for Trials Methodology Research
Awarded by MRC
Funding Acknowledgements
This project was partially funded by a European Commission FP7 Marie Curie Grant awarded to TI (PCIG10-GA-2011-303413) and dissemination was supported by OpenAIRE FP7 Post-Grant Open Access Pilot. The investigation was also supported by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Collaboration and Innovation for Difficult Trials in Invasive procedures (ConDuCT-II) Hub for Trials Methodology Research (MR/K025643/1). We are grateful to Rebecca Barnes, Karen Bell (KB), Jane M Blazeby, Catherine Borwick, Sean Cowlishaw, Padraig Dixon, Jenny L Donovan, Julian Higgins, Alyson Huntley, Gwerfyl Roberts, Waquas Waheed, Bridget Young, and JMIR ResProtoc anonymous reviewers for their input on the protocol or an earlier related proposal.