Digital Therapeutics Research, Case Studies and Evaluations.
Can digital health apps provide patients with support to promote structured diabetes education and ongoing self-management?
A real-world evaluation of myDiabetes usage.
Published in SAGE journals 11 March 2022
- Department of Research & Innovation, my mhealth Limited, Bournemouth, UK.
- School of Public Health, Imperial College Clinical Trials Unit, London, UK.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK
Digital health interventions provide a potential solution to improve diabetes education delivery at population scale, overcoming barriers identified with traditional approaches. This evaluation analysed usage data for people with type 2 diabetes focusing on digital structured diabetes education.
Results showed a positive uptake and usage with myDiabetes, with increases in app activity post-COVID. No statistically significant differences were observed between gender or age for those activated. No statistically significant differences observed in education video views across age groups, gender, diabetes treatment type or smoking status.
The findings support the use of digital health in the provision of additional support for the delivery of diabetes education. There is potential for increasing diabetes education rates by offering patients a digital option in combination with traditional service delivery which should be substantiated through future research.
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