Engagement and Outcomes Associated with Contextual Annotation Features of a Digital Health Solution.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health solutions targeting diabetes self-care are popular and promising, but important questions remain about how these tools can most effectively help patients. Consistent with evidence of the salutary effects of note-taking in education, features that enable annotation of structured data entry might enhance the meaningfulness of the interaction, thereby promoting persistent use and benefits of a digital health solution.

Method

To examine the potential benefits of note-taking, we explored how patients with type 2 diabetes used annotation features of a digital health solution and assessed the relationship between annotation and persistence in engagement as well as improvements in glycated hemoglobin (A1C). Secondary data from 3142 users of the BlueStar dig

SUBMITTER: Dugas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264428 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature