A Mobile App for the Self-Management of Type 1 Diabetes Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While optimal blood glucose control is known to reduce the long-term complications associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus, adolescents often struggle to achieve their blood glucose targets. However, their strong propensity toward technology presents a unique opportunity for the delivery of novel self-management interventions. To support type 1 diabetes self-management in this population, we developed the diabetes self-management app bant, which included wireless blood glucose reading transfer, out-of-range blood glucose trend alerts, coaching around out-of-range trend causes and fixes, and a point-based incentive system.

Objective

The primary objective was to evaluate bant 's effect on hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) through a randomized controlled

SUBMITTER: Goyal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5495971 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature