Decision Support and Alerts of Apps for Self-management of Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes

Elaine Lum; Geronimo Jimenez; Zhilian Huang; Linh Thai; Monika Semwal; Bernhard O Boehm; Josip Car

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1644

Decision Support and Alerts of Apps for Self-management of Blood Glucose for Type 2 Diabetes

JAMA. 2019 Apr 16;321(15):1530-1532. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.1644.

Authors

Elaine Lum¹, Geronimo Jimenez¹, Zhilian Huang¹, Linh Thai¹, Monika Semwal¹, Bernhard O Boehm², Josip Car¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Population Health Sciences (CePHaS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
² Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Abstract

This study characterizes the proportion of apps available in 2018 for self-management of type 2 diabetes that included goal-setting features, reminders to measure blood glucose, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia alerts, and action prompts.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Blood Glucose
Decision Support Techniques
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / therapy*
Humans
Hyperglycemia / diagnosis
Hypoglycemia / diagnosis
Mobile Applications*
Self-Management*

Substances

Blood Glucose