作者
Bronte Jeffrey, Melina Bagala, Ashley Creighton, Tayla Leavey, Sarah Nicholls, Crystal Wood, Jo Longman, Jane Barker, Sabrina Pit
发表日期
2019/12
期刊
Diabetology & metabolic syndrome
卷号
11
页码范围
1-17
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Mobile phone applications (apps) have been shown to successfully facilitate the self-management of chronic disease. This study aims to evaluate firstly the experiences, barriers and facilitators to app usage among people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and secondly determine recommendations to improve usage of diabetes apps.
Methods
Participants were aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of T2DM for ≥ 6 months. Semi-structured phone-interviews were conducted with 16 app and 14 non-app users. Interviews were based on the Technology Acceptance Model, Health Information Technology Acceptance Model (HITAM) and the Mobile Application Rating Scale. Data were analysed using deductive content analysis.
Results
Most app-users found apps improved their T2DM self-management and …
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