Efficacy of a Digital Educational Intervention in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

All patients received specific information about DM, treatments and po-tential complications. Then, patients were randomized to the digital interven-tion group or usual care. Those patients randomized to the intervention group were educated in the use of different social networks with access to infor-mation related to healthy lifestyle habits, dietary support, optimization of physi-cal activity, insulin titration, therapeutic targets, self-care, based on validated material from scientific societies and endorsed in diabetes education. Patients also had the valuable resource of a Digital Diabetes Coach: an online expert specializing in therapeutic education. This virtual guide provided patients with the flexibility to interact in both unidirectional and bidirectional ways, using methods such as chat boxes, audio messages, videos, and more. Through this digital medium, patients could seek guidance and have their questions re-solved.