Abstract
Treatment compliance and adherence are often a challenge in patients with type 1 diabetes, particularly for adolescent and young adult patients. With the availability of the internet and smart phone applications (apps) there is a hope that such technology could provide a means to encourage treatment adherence in this group of patients. This review focuses on whether telemedicine and smartphone technology in diabetes can influence self-management in young people with diabetes. A large number of smartphone apps are targeted at people with diabetes, but a limited number of welldesigned evaluation studies have been performed. As our review shows, the evidence base for efficacy of most of these applications is minimal and improvement in hard outcomes such as HbA1c and complication development is largely lacking.
Keywords: Diabetes, self-management, smartphone applications, telemedicine.
Current Diabetes Reviews
Title:Self-management of Diabetes in Children and Young Adults Using Technology and Smartphone Applications
Volume: 10 Issue: 5
Author(s): Siobhan Sheehy, Georgia Cohen and Katharine R. Owen
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Keywords: Diabetes, self-management, smartphone applications, telemedicine.
Abstract: Treatment compliance and adherence are often a challenge in patients with type 1 diabetes, particularly for adolescent and young adult patients. With the availability of the internet and smart phone applications (apps) there is a hope that such technology could provide a means to encourage treatment adherence in this group of patients. This review focuses on whether telemedicine and smartphone technology in diabetes can influence self-management in young people with diabetes. A large number of smartphone apps are targeted at people with diabetes, but a limited number of welldesigned evaluation studies have been performed. As our review shows, the evidence base for efficacy of most of these applications is minimal and improvement in hard outcomes such as HbA1c and complication development is largely lacking.
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Sheehy Siobhan, Cohen Georgia and Owen R. Katharine, Self-management of Diabetes in Children and Young Adults Using Technology and Smartphone Applications, Current Diabetes Reviews 2014; 10 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573399810666141010113050
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573399810666141010113050 |
Print ISSN 1573-3998 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-6417 |
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