1. Developing and Evaluating the DiabetesXcel Mobile Application for Adult Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
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Berlot, Ashley A., Chen, Phillip S., Kaur, Savneet, Mowrey, Wenzhu, Mahali, Lakshmi Priyanka, Gonzalez, Jeffrey S., Wylie-Rosett, Judith, Golestaneh, Ladan, and Jariwala, Sunit P.
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DIABETES complications ,MOBILE apps ,PATIENT education ,HEALTH self-care ,INTELLECT ,SELF-efficacy ,HEALTH attitudes ,GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin ,PILOT projects ,EMERGENCY room visits ,HOSPITAL care ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,LDL cholesterol ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,TYPE 2 diabetes ,QUALITY of life ,SOFTWARE architecture ,MENTAL depression ,ADULTS - Abstract
The authors trialed a mobile application, DiabetesXcel, which included type 2 diabetes–focused educational videos and modules, in 50 adults of Bronx, NY, a region with a high prevalence of diabetes and diabetes complications. From baseline to 4 months and from baseline to 6 months, there was significantly improved quality of life, self-management, knowledge, self-efficacy, depression, A1C, and LDL cholesterol among those who used DiabetesXcel. There was also a significant decrease in diabetes-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions from baseline to 6 months. This study demonstrates that DiabetesXcel could be beneficial for type 2 diabetes management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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