Background Adherence to chronic disease management is critical to achieving improved
health outcomes, quality of life, and cost-effective health care. As the burden of chronic …

Background Mobile technologies could be a powerful media for providing individual level
support to health care consumers. We conducted a systematic review to assess the …

There is an epidemic of diabetes in Asia. Type 2 diabetes develops in East Asian patients at
a lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with those of European descent. At any …

Background Mobile health interventions (mHealth) based on smartphone applications
(apps) are promising tools to help improve diabetes care and self-management; however …

Background: The use of mHealth apps has shown improved health outcomes in adult
populations with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, this has not been shown in the …

Mobile technologies are being used to deliver health behavior interventions. The study aims
to determine how health behavior theories are applied to mobile interventions. This is a …

Background The effectiveness of quality improvement (QI) strategies on diabetes care
remains unclear. We aimed to assess the effects of QI strategies on glycated haemoglobin …

Mobile phone text messaging is a potentially powerful tool for behavior change because it is
widely available, inexpensive, and instant. This systematic review provides an overview of …

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly important in monitoring and delivery of healthcare
interventions. They are often considered as pocket computers, due to their advanced …

Diabet. Med. 28, 455–463 (2011) Abstract Aims To assess the effect of mobile phone
intervention on glycaemic control in diabetes self‐management. Methods We searched …