Impact of digital health interventions for adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus on health literacy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence shows that living with diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) in adolescent age is particularly challenging and difficult to manage. A high level of health literacy is important to prevent and avoid debilitating complications. Despite the increasing prevalence and incidence of T1DM by adolescent and the large use of digital health interventions, little is known about the association between this use and health literacy. This systematic review provides an overview on the impact of digital health interventions for adolescents with type 1 diabetes on health literacy and derive recommendations for further research.

Methods

Electronic searches were performed in five databases in Medline (Medline, PubMed + via PubMed), The Cochrane Library, EMBASE (via Ovid), Web of S

SUBMITTER: Naef AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10064727 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature