ArticleBMC medical informatics and decision making2016
Qualitative assessment of user experiences of a novel smart phone application designed to support flexible intensive insulin therapy in type 1 diabetes.
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- Patient Perspectives to Inform a Health Literacy Educational Program: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Behavior Change Content, Understandability, and Actionability of Chronic Condition Self-Management Apps Available in France: Systematic Search and Evaluation.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Patients' Perceptions of mHealth Apps: Meta-Ethnographic Review of Qualitative Studies.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Follow-Up Support for Effective type 1 Diabetes self-management (The FUSED Model): A systematic review and meta-ethnography of the barriers, facilitators and recommendations for sustaining self-management skills after attending a structured education programme.BMC health services research · 2018Pooled it
- Evaluating usability of and satisfaction with mHealth app in rural and remote areas-Germany GIZ collaboration in Bosnia-Herzegovina to optimize type 1 diabetes care.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Delineating and clarifying the concept of self-care monitoring: a concept analysis.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2023Review
- Using mHealth applications for self-care - An integrative review on perceptions among adults with type 1 diabetes.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Review
- Multi-lingual "Asthma APP" improves health knowledge of asthma among Australian First Nations carers of children with asthma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Technological Support to Intensive Insulin Therapy by a Novel Smartphone Application in Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: One Center's Experience.Journal of diabetes science and technology · 2019Article
- Review of mobile applications for optimizing the follow-up care of patients with diabetes.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2018Review
- Glucose Control, Disease Burden, and Educational Gaps in People With Type 1 Diabetes: Exploratory Study of an Integrated Mobile Diabetes App.JMIR diabetes · 2018Article
- App-Based Insulin Calculators: Current and Future State.Current diabetes reports · 2018Review
- A Breastfeed-Promoting Mobile App Intervention: Usability and Usefulness Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- One Drop | Mobile: An Evaluation of Hemoglobin A1c Improvement Linked to App Engagement.JMIR diabetes · 2017Article
- Developing a Patient-Centered mHealth App: A Tool for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Parents.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2017Article
- Instrument for assessing mobile technology acceptability in diabetes self-management: a validation and reliability study.Patient preference and adherence · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundModern flexible multiple daily injection (MDI) therapy requires people with diabetes to manage complex mathematical calculations to determine insulin doses on a day to day basis. Automated bolus calculators assist with these calculations, add additional functionality to protect against hypoglycaemia and enhance the record keeping process, however uptake and use depends on the devices meeting the needs of the user. We aimed to obtain user feedback on the usability of a mobile phone bolus calculator application in adults with T1DM to inform future development of mobile phone diabetes support applications.
methodsAdults with T1DM who had previously received education in flexible MDI therapy were invited to participate. Eligible respondents attended app education and one month later participated in a focus group to provide feedback on the features of the app in relation to usability for patient-based flexible MDI and future app development.
resultsSeven adults participated in the app training and follow up interview. App features that support dose adjustment to reduce hypoglycaemia risk and features that enable greater efficiency in dose calculation, record keeping and report generation were highly valued.
conclusionsAdults who are self managing flexible MDI found the Rapidcalc mobile phone app to be a useful self-management tool and additional features to further improve usability, such as connectivity with BG meter and food databases, shortcut options to economise data entry and web based storage of data, were identified. Further work is needed to ascertain specific features and benefit for those with lower health literacy.
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