Medication Management Apps for Diabetes: Systematic Assessment of the Transparency and Reliability of Health Information Dissemination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Smartphone apps are increasingly used for diabetes self-management because of their ubiquity and ability to help users to personalize health care management. The number of diabetes apps has proliferated in recent years, but only a small subset of apps that pose a higher risk are regulated by governmental agencies. The transparency and reliability of information sources are unclear for apps that provide health care advice and are not regulated by governmental agencies.

Objective

This study aimed to assess the transparency and reliability of information disseminated via diabetes apps against 8 criteria adapted from the Health On the Net code of conduct (HONcode) principles.

Methods

English-language diabetes-related terms were searched on a market explorer (42

SUBMITTER: Huang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7057820 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature