Adherence to evidence-based guidelines among diabetes self-management apps
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Smartphone apps can provide real-time, interactive self-management aid to individuals with diabetes. It is currently unclear whether existing diabetes self-management apps follow evidence-based guidelines. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the extent to which existing diabetes self-management apps address the seven self-management behaviors recommended by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (the AADE7™). The term "diabetes" identified relevant self-management apps via the Apple App Store search engine in March 2012. Ratings were based on app descriptions and downloads. Chi-square analyses assessed differences in apps based on developer type. Apps promoted a median of two AADE7™ skills. Overall reliability between description and download ratings was good (kappa = .66). Reliability of individual skills was variable (kappa = .25 to .91). Most diabetes apps do not conform to evidence-based recommendations, and future app reviews would benefit from testing app performance. Future apps may also benefit from theory-based designs.
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- Authors
- Breland, J. Y., Yeh, V. M., & Yu, J.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Corresponding author
- Breland, Jessica Y.
- Yeh, Vivian M.
- Yu, Jessica
- Venue
- Translational Behavioral Medicine
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2013-05-01
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 277-286
- ISSN
- 1613-9860 (ISSN-L)
- 1869-6716
- PMC
- PMC3771007
- OpenAlex
- W1967381373
- Cited by
- 85
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 16.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
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- Translational Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r25ca081137-15)
- National Cancer Institute (R25-CA081137)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Keywords
- mobile application, app quality assessment, app ratings, app downloads, app developers, diabetes self-management
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