Educational technologies for families and children with type 1 diabetes: a scoping review.
Patricia Carli Morgado, Liliane Faria da Silva, Rosane Cordeiro Burla de Aguiar and 6 others
PMID 39899746WHAT IT FOUND
Children and families with type 1 diabetes were taught with videos, games, apps, simulators, toys, booklets and workshops.
The review maps these tools; it does not show which ones improve diabetes management or self-care.
Key findings
01The review included 53 studies that mapped educational technologies for children with type 1 diabetes and their families.
02Technologies were grouped as digital tools, such as websites, videos, games, apps, simulators and text messages, and non-digital tools, such as booklets, toys, lectures, puppets and workshops.
03The review reported a lack of studies evaluating long-term effectiveness, treatment adherence and quality of life.
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What it does not show
The review could not retrieve 29 full articles, so relevant studies may have been missed. The included studies varied widely in design and participant numbers, including trials, qualitative work and methodological development papers, so their findings are not directly comparable. The review mapped what technologies were used and what they covered; it did not measure how well any technology worked. Many studies focused on developing a technology rather than analysing its educational content. The authors found no studies evaluating long-term effectiveness, treatment adherence or quality of life.
Declared interests
Funding came from an agreement between CAPES and the Federal Council of Nursing (COFEN) for a professional master's program in nursing. No other conflicts of interest are reported in the article.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that videos, games, apps, simulators, toys or booklets improve diabetes management, treatment adherence or quality of life. It is a scoping review that maps educational technologies, and the authors report a lack of studies evaluating long-term effectiveness.