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Use of and Beliefs About Mobile Phone Apps for Diabetes Self-Management: Surveys of People in a Hospital Diabetes Clinic and Diabetes Health Professionals in New Zealand.

Leah BoylePhilip C RobinsonRosemary M HallJeremy D Krebs
Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2017)
The use of apps to record blood glucose was the most favored function in apps used by people with diabetes, with interest in insulin dose calculating function. HPs do not feel confident in recommending insulin dose calculators. There is an urgent need for an app assessment process to give confidence in the quality and safety of diabetes management apps to people with diabetes (potential app users) and HPs (potential app prescribers).
Keyphrases
  • glycemic control
  • type diabetes
  • blood glucose
  • cardiovascular disease
  • primary care
  • healthcare
  • insulin resistance
  • emergency department
  • blood pressure
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue
  • climate change