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Published in: Journal of Medical Systems 10/2015

01-10-2015 | Mobile Systems

Mobile Applications for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Estimation: a Systematic Review

Authors: Nino Fijacko, Petra Povalej Brzan, Gregor Stiglic

Published in: Journal of Medical Systems | Issue 10/2015

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Abstract

Screening for chronical diseases like type 2 diabetes can be done using different methods and various risk tests. This study present a review of type 2 diabetes risk estimation mobile applications focusing on their functionality and availability of information on the underlying risk calculators. Only 9 out of 31 reviewed mobile applications, featured in three major mobile application stores, disclosed the name of risk calculator used for assessing the risk of type 2 diabetes. Even more concerning, none of the reviewed applications mentioned that they are collecting the data from users to improve the performance of their risk estimation calculators or offer users the descriptive statistics of the results from users that already used the application. For that purpose the questionnaires used for calculation of risk should be upgraded by including the information on the most recent blood sugar level measurements from users. Although mobile applications represent a great future potential for health applications, developers still do not put enough emphasis on informing the user of the underlying methods used to estimate the risk for a specific clinical condition.
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Metadata
Title
Mobile Applications for Type 2 Diabetes Risk Estimation: a Systematic Review
Authors
Nino Fijacko
Petra Povalej Brzan
Gregor Stiglic
Publication date
01-10-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Medical Systems / Issue 10/2015
Print ISSN: 0148-5598
Electronic ISSN: 1573-689X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0319-y

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