The HealthPia GlucoPack™ Diabetes Phone: A Usability Study
Author(s) -
Aaron E. Carroll,
David G. Marrero,
Stephen M. Downs
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
diabetes technology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.142
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1557-8593
pISSN - 1520-9156
DOI - 10.1089/dia.2006.0002
Subject(s) - medicine , usability , glycemic , phone , diabetes mellitus , diabetes management , mobile phone , type 2 diabetes , focus group , nursing , computer science , human–computer interaction , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy , marketing , business , endocrinology
Type I diabetes is a common chronic disease of childhood. Both the growing influence of peers and the shifting away from parental influence have been implicated as prime elements contributing to poor glycemic outcomes in adolescents. Mobile technology that can be directed towards providing self-management support and modifying potentially negative child parent interaction holds promise to improve control in adolescents with diabetes.
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