IOS Appstore-Based Phone Apps for Diabetes Management: Potential for Use in Medication Adherence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, various phone apps have been developed to assist patients. Many of these apps are developed to assist patients in the self-management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. It is essential to analyze these various apps to understand the key features that would potentially be instrumental in helping patients successfully achieve goals in disease self-management.

Objective

The objective of this study was to conduct a review of all the available diabetes-related apps in the iOS App Store to evaluate which diabetic app is more interactive and offers a wide variety of operations such as monitoring glucose, water, carbohydrate intake, weight, body mass index (BMI), medication, blood pressure (BP) levels, reminders or push notifications, food database, charts,

SUBMITTER: Martinez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6238890 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature