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Gluco Coach—A Self-Management Application for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: User testing to understand comfort levels and sustained patient engagement

Authors:
Way Kiat Bong
Kuthethur Sneha Jagannath
Felix Janszen

Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus; self-management; self-monitoring; patient-centered design

Abstract:
The increase in the number of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is a global concern. Using information and communications technologies, particularly mobile applications, to empower patients with remote self-management has shown promising results. However, there is still a lack of evidence regarding an app content’s contribution to making sustained impacts on the users’ lifestyle behaviors and hence health. To make a positive health change through such a self-management app, the users are expected to be engaged in using the app. This engagement has to be sustained for a long period of time to reflect on both lifestyle behavioral and health changes. In our project, we developed Gluco Coach, a type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management app focusing on supporting type 2 diabetes mellitus patients to achieve and sustain healthy lifestyle behaviors. This paper presents work on understanding type 2 diabetes mellitus patients’ comfort levels and interest in using Gluco Coach. User testing were conducted, and the findings showed potential in Gluco Coach and resulted in a list of lessons learned concerning design that aims to provide high usability and functionality, positive user experience, and thus sustained patient engagement.

Pages: 10 to 13

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: June 26, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-984-3

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022