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- Diabetes Apps for Self-Management
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Patient empowerment is examined as a multi-dimensional factor influencing the use of diabetes self-management apps. The research design includes three studies conducted in Singapore. Study 1 examines how features of diabetes self-management apps correspond with theoretical indicators of empowerment, as well as app quality. Study 2 uses semi-structured face-to-face interviews with diabetes patients to draw first conclusions about the relevance of empowerment for diabetes app use. Study 3 includes an online patient survey, and uses cluster analytical methods to test the preliminary Study 2 results (typology of app use), as well as binary logistic regression to compare the strength of influence of various anteceding factors on the likelihood of diabetes app use. The studies show that especially the support by private social patient networks and the medical specialties of supervising physicians play a crucial role for technology-supported self-management.
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Dr. Nicola Brew-Sam holds an MA in health communication (UZH Zurich) and a Ph.D. from University of Erfurt (Germany) in cooperation with Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).
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Book Title: App Use and Patient Empowerment in Diabetes Self-Management
Book Subtitle: Advancing Theory-Guided mHealth Research
Authors: Nicola Brew-Sam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29357-4
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-29356-7Published: 04 February 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-29357-4Published: 03 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 303
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Diabetes, Health Informatics