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Joint Event

November 29-30, 2019 | Frankfurt, Germany

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International Conference on

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International Conference on

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Diabetes and Metabolism

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DIABETES

2019

DIABETES

Journal of Diabetology | Volume 3

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iabetes is a chronic illness with significant health

consequences, especially for those who are unable to

adhere to the complex treatment regimen. Self-management

tasks such as regular medication and insulin use, frequent

blood sugar checks, strict diet management, and consistent

exercise can be quite challenging. Mobile technologies,

specifically mobile applications (apps), present a unique

opportunity to help patients improve adherence to these

behaviors. The availability of commercial diabetes self-

management apps is increasing rapidly, making it difficult for

patients and providers to stay informed about app options.

A number of reviews have described commercial app

technology and use for patients with diabetes.

This article provides a systematic review examining the

factors considered in trials which engage mobile phone apps

for diabetes self-management. The reason for reviewing such

trials is to gain an understanding of what developmental

considerations were adopted in these trials. This gives insight

into what has been considered by other researchers in the

past and can give insight into what can be valuable measures

to adopt in the future. In addition these insights will be used

to compare and contrast with findings from the actual market

situation found in the two largest app stores Google Play and

iTunes. In order to lay the ground work for an ethnographic

fieldwork study in which diabetes patients will be asked about

the use of self-tracking diabetes apps in the management of

their diabetes in daily life.

In order to achieve this a search was implemented across four

electronic databases; Medline, Scopus, Social Science Citation

Index, and CINALHL. The findings from these databases were

reviewed based on the Joanna Briggs Checklist for Systematic

Reviews.With the added query of whether Design, Interaction

Design or Graphic Design were considered in the trials.

Speaker Biography

Julia Jacoby is currently writing her PhD at the Nordic Norwegian University

of Science and Technology (NTNU), while working at Oslo Metropolitan

University. She is educated as a product designer in the two converging

fields of Health and Design. She is particularly interested in how patients

cope with chronic illness over long periods of time and how design can

benefit this experience.

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julia.jacoby@oslomet.no

Julia Jacoby

Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

Deliberations on the development of mobile phone apps to support

diabetes self-management: A review from a designer’s perspective