A study evaluated elderly participants before and after four follow-up telephone support calls for insulin administration, and determined that the phone calls helped improve the patients’ insulin knowledge. In a second study one group of patients were met face to face for 2 months and also received 4 follow-up telephone calls by a healthcare professional, while a second group of patients received calls only, without face to face intervention. The study found that telephone intervention alone was equally effective for the treatment of these diabetes patients. Read more