A low-intensity mobile health intervention with and without health counseling for persons with type 2 diabetes, part 1: Baseline and short-term results from a randomized controlled trial in the norwegian part of RENEWING HEALTH

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Torbjørnsen, Astrid ^a   Jenum, Anne Karen ^a,b   Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova ^a   Årsand, Eirik ^c   Holmen, Heidi ^a   Wahl, Astrid Klopstad ^b   Ribu, Lis ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complex intervention; Counseling; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Life style; mHealth; Mobile apps; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trials; Self care; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940655955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3535     Document Type: Article

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