Appropriateness of action prompts for hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes self-management apps

• Main Authors: Lum, Elaine, Jimenez, Geronimo, Huang, Zhilian, Thai, Linh, Car, Josip
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Hypoglycaemia; Diabetes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155450
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Control of blood glucose levels is needed not only to alleviate symptoms of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia, but also to prevent or delay diabetes-related complications. Advice for glucose control is usually provided to patients by members of the health care team. However, many diabetes apps claim to enhance self-management of blood glucose by providing decision support to patients when an out-of-range blood glucose level is recorded. In this study, we investigated the appropriateness of action prompts provided by diabetes apps for hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia against evidence-based guidelines.