Mobile phone-based self-management tools for type 2 diabetes: The few touch application

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Årsand, Eirik ^a   Tatara, Naoe ^a   Østengen, Geir ^a   Hartvigsen, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Diabetes; Mobile phone; Nutrition; Physical activity; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETIC DIET; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATION; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELLULAR PHONE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955475105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681000400213     Document Type: Article

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