Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study
Applications and systems for diabetes self-management are growing and involve a vast majority of factors to consider. This study was aimed at examining the integration of portable technologies for diabetes self-management, as well as benefits and issues arising of its use. From a web-based study on...
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| description | Applications and systems for diabetes self-management are growing and involve a vast majority of factors to consider. This study was aimed at examining the integration of portable technologies for diabetes self-management, as well as benefits and issues arising of its use. From a web-based study on several groups of people with diabetes, most of them accustomed to the daily use of devices and applications for self-control, a deeper analysis based on correlations and inference was conducted considering information about the disease, technology knowledge and devices handling, use of technologies for diabetes control and management, and training with devices from a clinical and educational viewpoint. In this study, more than 70% of participants use Continuous Glucose Systems and additional devices (41.85% also use insulin pumps) which impacts positively on the knowledge of incoming technologies. The “easy to use” factor of current apps for diabetes self-management is the most valuable feature. Also, 88.98% of participants did not use gamification-based methods during the initial training sessions, although gamification is a useful technique in learning stages. An inference analysis shows how specific characteristics of diabetes devices and apps should improve. On the basis of the results, we discuss about benefits, shortcomings, and the state of these technologies and patient needs for the future. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4940a5238c2847088b3e97628af34f582025-02-03T01:23:35ZengWileyJournal of Diabetes Research2314-67532022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5962001Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based StudyJesús Fontecha0Iván González1Alfonso Barragán2Theodore Lim3MAmI Research Lab. University of Castilla-La ManchaMAmI Research Lab. University of Castilla-La ManchaMAmI Research Lab. University of Castilla-La ManchaSchool of Engineering & Physical SciencesApplications and systems for diabetes self-management are growing and involve a vast majority of factors to consider. This study was aimed at examining the integration of portable technologies for diabetes self-management, as well as benefits and issues arising of its use. From a web-based study on several groups of people with diabetes, most of them accustomed to the daily use of devices and applications for self-control, a deeper analysis based on correlations and inference was conducted considering information about the disease, technology knowledge and devices handling, use of technologies for diabetes control and management, and training with devices from a clinical and educational viewpoint. In this study, more than 70% of participants use Continuous Glucose Systems and additional devices (41.85% also use insulin pumps) which impacts positively on the knowledge of incoming technologies. The “easy to use” factor of current apps for diabetes self-management is the most valuable feature. Also, 88.98% of participants did not use gamification-based methods during the initial training sessions, although gamification is a useful technique in learning stages. An inference analysis shows how specific characteristics of diabetes devices and apps should improve. On the basis of the results, we discuss about benefits, shortcomings, and the state of these technologies and patient needs for the future.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5962001 |
| spellingShingle | Jesús Fontecha Iván González Alfonso Barragán Theodore Lim Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study Journal of Diabetes Research |
| title | Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study |
| title_full | Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study |
| title_short | Use and Trends of Diabetes Self-Management Technologies: A Correlation-Based Study |
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