Designing and Developing a Mobile Smartphone Application for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Followed-Up at Diabetes Outpatient Clinics in Norway.
Designing and Developing a Mobile Smartphone Application for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Followed-Up at Diabetes Outpatient Clinics in Norway.
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10.3390/healthcare3020310
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2015-05-21
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Lukasse M
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Garnweidner-Holme LM;Borgen I;Garitano I;Noll J;Lukasse M
妊娠糖尿病（GDM）的患病率在全球范围内不断增加。控制血糖水平是GDM管理的基础。挪威目前的做法包括病人在小册子上登记血糖水平，并接受口头和/或书面健康信息。智能手机应用程序可以为患者提供单独针对性和易于获得的建议，以控制血糖水平。本文的目的是记录设计和开发智能手机应用程序（Pregnant+应用程序）的过程，该应用程序可以自动传输血糖仪的血糖水平，并提供有关健康饮食和体育活动的信息。这项形成性研究包括卫生专业人员、研究人员和数据隐私和安全专家之间的专家组讨论。用户参与的研究进行了讨论的应用程序的原型。结果表明，应用程序的内容应该是容易理解的不同程度的病人的识字率和符合他们在诊所收到的信息。该应用程序的最终版本包含了行为改变技术，如自我监控和行动提示。第一轮互动的结果表明，在开发移动的医疗保健设备时，让专家组和患者参与其中非常重要。
The prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is increasing worldwide. Controlling blood sugar levels is fundamental to the management of GDM. Current practice in Norway includes patients registering blood sugar levels in a booklet and receiving verbal and/or written health information. A smartphone application may provide patients individually targeted and easily available advice to control blood sugar levels. The aim of this paper is to document the process of designing and developing a smartphone application (the Pregnant+ app) that automatically transfers blood sugar levels from the glucometer and has information about healthy eating and physical activity. This formative research included expert-group discussions among health professionals, researchers and experts in data privacy and security. User-involvement studies were conducted to discuss prototypes of the app. Results indicated that the content of the application should be easy to understand given the varying degree of patients’ literacy and in line with the information they receive at clinics. The final version of the app incorporated behavior change techniques such as self-monitoring and cues to action. Results from the first round of interactions show the importance of involving expert groups and patients when developing a mobile health-care device.