ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Evaluating the Potential Use of Smartphone Apps for Diabetes Self-Management in an Underserved Population: A Qualitative Approach.
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- What are the perceptions and experiences of adults using mobile applications for self-management in diabetes? A systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators of self-management of diabetes amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Pooled it
- Centering Equity During Health Technology Innovation: Scoping Review of Methods and Research Adjustments to Promote Inclusive Coproduction.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Intention to use smartphone medical applications among patients with chronic disease in southwest Ethiopia: an extended UTAUT2 model approach.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
- Factors Affecting Telehealth Consultation in Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Scoping Review.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2026Review
- Who needs what (features) when? Personalizing engagement with data-driven self-management to improve health equity.Journal of biomedical informatics · 2023Article
- [Mobile health technologies, social justice and population-based vulnerabilities : A public health ethics perspective on mHealth using the example of type 2 diabetes mellitus].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2023Review
- Factors Influencing the Desirability, Acceptability, and Adherence of Patients with Diabetes to Telemedicine.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Health disparities cause a higher rate of diabetes development in poor and minority groups and also limit the care these people receive. Smartphone applications (apps) may be a low-cost, accessible resource to patients with diabetes who experience barriers to traditional health care. Currently, little is known about using health apps to help underserved patients in the United States. This study aimed to investigate the willingness to use diabetes apps in patients with limited access to primary care providers. Fifteen personal interviews were collected and analyzed according to the interpretative phenomenological analysis framework. The interviews produced three overall themes: (1) Despite having little previous knowledge about health apps, patients were all willing to try at least one diabetes-related app; (2) app functions should be individualized to each patient's needs for maximum benefit; and (3) barriers to app use were varied but commonly included knowledge and technological challenges and security issues. Underserved patients with diabetes expressed a willingness to try health apps, despite limited experience with the technology. Choosing apps individualized to each patient's needs, instead of a blanket multifunctional app, would provide the greatest benefit for patient-driven diabetes management. Smartphone apps may be a feasible, low-cost resource for patients with limited access to traditional healthcare.
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