Short-term trajectories of use of a caloric-monitoring mobile phone app among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a primary care setting

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Goh, Glenn ^a   Tan, Ngiap Chuan ^a,b   Malhotra, Rahul ^a,c   Padmanabhan, Uma ^d   Barbier, Sylvaine ^a   Allen, John Carson ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Longitudinal studies; Mobile apps; Mobile phone; Self management; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84925637006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3938     Document Type: Article

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