Willingness of patients with diabetes to use an ICT-based self-management tool: a cross-sectional study.
Tomomi ShibutaKayo WakiNobuko TomizawaAyumi IgarashiNoriko Yamamoto-MitaniSatoko YamaguchiHideo FujitaShigeko KimuraKatsuhito FujiuHironori WakiYoshihiko IzumidaTakayoshi SasakoMasatoshi KobayashiRyo SuzukiToshimasa YamauchiTakashi KadowakiKazuhiko OhePublished in: BMJ open diabetes research & care (2017)
Approximately half of the patients showed interest in using an ICT-based self-management tool. Willing patients may expect ICT-based self-management tools to complement outpatient visits and to make self-management easier. Starting with patients who display the willingness factors might optimize programs based on such tools.