Interventions to improve patients’ compliance with therapies aimed at lowering glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in type 1 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled clinical trials of psychological, telecare, and educational interventions

Table 4 Subgroup meta-analyses: changes in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) (%) in randomized clinical trials evaluating interventions to improve compliance with lower HbA1c in children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes

Type of intervention	Number of studies	Number of patients	MD	95 % CI	P
Type of intervention	Number of studies	Number of patients	HbA1c	95 % CI	P
Psychological [21–24, 28, 29]	3	239	-0.34%	-0.72 to 0.035 %	0.083
Telecare [32–35]	3	554	-0.18%	-0.40 to 0.03 %	0.098
Educational [36–38]	4	631	0.046	-0.80 to 0.272	0.689

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