Usability pitfalls of diabetes mHealth apps for the elderly

Journal of Diabetes Research

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Isaković, Maša ^a   Sedlar, Urban ^a   Volk, Mojca ^a   Bešter, Janez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MOBILE APPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKING MEMORY; AGE; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; DEVICES; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SLOVENIA; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; SELF CARE; SLOVENIA; SMARTPHONE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84962288845     PISSN: 23146745     EISSN: 23146753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/1604609     Document Type: Article

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