The Role of Short Message Service ( SMS)in Self-Care and Diabetes Management

Introduction: Diabetes is a common lifelong disease that affects over ۴۰۰ million people worldwide. Withoutproper treatment, it can lead to serious complications, including kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, eyeand nerve disorders, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity. Regular blood sugar monitoring, weightcontrol, adequate sleep, physical activity, reduced salt intake, and effective medication and self-management,can reduce the risk of serious complications. With advancing technology and its integration into healthcaresupport provided through sent SMS messages can be effective.Methods: The present study is a review conducted using keywords such as Diabetes, SMS, Technology, andself-management through searching reputable scientific sources including PubMed, Google Scholar in the yearsand advanced search on Google. In this research, ۹ English and Persian articles were studied, and ,۲۰۲۳-۲۰۲۰all ۹ of them were utilized.Results: The findings indicate that educational interventions via mobile phones can increase the averageawareness score and self-care behavior in patients. Studies have shown that the use of SMS reminders has.resulted in a ۹۵% increase in regular and proper consumption of medications and nutritious foods in patientsIn another study, remote control system through SMS led to an increase in the number of regular blood sugarmonitoring by the patients under study. Additionally, most diabetes patients favor technologies such as SMS. for improving diabetes controlConclusion: The high prevalence of diabetes and the importance of long-term follow-up of this disease haveprovided the groundwork for using cost-effective educational and alert methods through SMS for diseasecontrol. This technology, through monitoring steps, promoting healthy eating behaviors, diabetes self-caremethods, medication adherence, and lifestyle changes, at minimal time and cost, presents an effective strategy. for diabetes improvement