Use of and Beliefs About Mobile Phone Apps for Diabetes Self-Management: Surveys of People in a Hospital Diabetes Clinic and Diabetes Health Professionals in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with diabetes mellitus (DM) are using mobile phone apps to support self-management. The numerous apps available to assist with diabetes management have a variety of functions. Some functions, like insulin dose calculators, have significant potential for harm.

Objectives

The study aimed to establish (1) whether people with DM in Wellington, New Zealand, use apps for DM self-management and evaluate desirable features of apps and (2) whether health professionals (HPs) in New Zealand treating people with DM recommend apps to patients, the features HPs regard as important, and their confidence with recommending apps.

Methods

A survey of patients seen at a hospital diabetes clinic over 12 months (N=539) assessed current app use and desirable features. A se

SUBMITTER: Boyle L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5511364 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature