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| Title |
Managing diabetes in the digital age
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40842-015-0016-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Viral N. Shah, Satish K. Garg |
| Abstract |
The prevalence of diabetes is rising globally. Poor glucose control results in higher rates of diabetes-related complications and an increase in health care expenditure. Diabetes self-management education (DSME) training has shown to improve glucose control, and thus may reduce long-term complications. Implementation of diabetes self-management education programs may not be feasible for all the institutions or in developing countries due to lack of resources and higher costs associated with DSME training. With the increasing use of smartphones and Internet, there is an opportunity to use digital tools for training people with diabetes to self-manage their disease. A number of mobile applications, Internet portal, and websites are available to help patients to improve their diabetes care. However, the studies are limited to show its effectiveness and cost-benefits in diabetes self-management. In addition, there are many challenges ahead for the digital health industry. In this review, we assess the use of newer technologies and digital health in diabetes self-management with a focus on future directions and potential challenges. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 232 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 228 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 39 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 32 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 11% |
| Researcher | 19 | 8% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Other | 45 | 19% |
| Unknown | 54 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 44 | 19% |
| Unknown | 70 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 November 2023.
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#6,132,189
of 24,950,117 outputs
Outputs from Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
#32
of 88 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#88,532
of 399,380 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
#2
of 4 outputs
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