Designing a Self-Management App for Young People With Type 1 Diabetes: Methodological Challenges, Experiences, and Recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young people with type 1 diabetes often struggle to self-manage their disease. Mobile health (mHealth) apps show promise in supporting self-management of chronic conditions such as type 1 diabetes. Many health care providers become involved in app development. Unfortunately, limited information is available to guide their selection of appropriate methods, techniques, and tools for a participatory design (PD) project in health care.

Objective

The aim of our study was to develop an mHealth app to support young people in self-managing type 1 diabetes. This paper presents our methodological recommendations based on experiences and reflections from a 2-year research study.

Methods

A mixed methods design was used to identify user needs before designing the app an

SUBMITTER: Castensoe-Seidenfaden P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673883 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature