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App Use and Patient Empowerment in Diabetes Self-Management

Advancing Theory-Guided mHealth Research

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  1. Nicola Brew-Sam

    1. Regensburg, Germany

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  • Diabetes Apps for Self-Management

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
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  2. Introduction

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 1-6

  3. Background on Diabetes Self-Management

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    Pages 7-16

  4. Defining and Categorizing Diabetes Apps for Self-Management

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 17-28

  5. Diabetes App Use – Previous mHealth Research

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 29-38

  6. Anteceding Factors of Diabetes App Use

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 39-49

  7. Summarizing mHealth Research Gaps I: Alternative Theory is Needed

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 51-52

  8. Empowerment as an Antecedent of Diabetes App Use

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 53-83

  9. Summarizing mHealth Research Gaps II: Empowerment and Diabetes App Use

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 85-88

  10. Summarizing Model on Empowerment and Diabetes App Use

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 89-91

  11. Research Questions and Hypotheses

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 93-96

  12. Overview of the Research Design

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 97-99

  13. Study 1 – Diabetes App Features Corresponding to Indicators of Empowerment: An App Feature and Quality Analysis

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 101-129

  14. Study 2 – Interviews on App Use for Diabetes Self-Management and the Relevance of Empowerment

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 131-196

  15. Study 3 – An Online Survey on Empowerment as an Antecedent of Diabetes App Use

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 197-241

  16. Discussion and Deriving Research Gaps

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 243-264

  17. Learning from Research Results – Implications for Research and Diabetes Care Practice

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 265-272

  18. Summarizing Research Limitations

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 273-274

  19. Conclusion

    • Nicola Brew-Sam
    Pages 275-276

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 277-303
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About this book

Patient empowerment is examined as a multi-dimensional factor influencing the use of diabetes self-management apps. The research design includes three studies conducted in Singapore. Study 1 examines how features of diabetes self-management apps correspond with theoretical indicators of empowerment, as well as app quality. Study 2 uses semi-structured face-to-face interviews with diabetes patients to draw first conclusions about the relevance of empowerment for diabetes app use. Study 3 includes an online patient survey, and uses cluster analytical methods to test the preliminary Study 2 results (typology of app use), as well as binary logistic regression to compare the strength of influence of various anteceding factors on the likelihood of diabetes app use. The studies show that especially the support by private social patient networks and the medical specialties of supervising physicians play a crucial role for technology-supported self-management. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Regensburg, Germany

    Nicola Brew-Sam

About the author

Dr. Nicola Brew-Sam holds an MA in health communication (UZH Zurich) and a Ph.D. from University of Erfurt (Germany) in cooperation with Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: App Use and Patient Empowerment in Diabetes Self-Management

  • Book Subtitle: Advancing Theory-Guided mHealth Research

  • Authors: Nicola Brew-Sam

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29357-4

  • Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-29356-7Published: 04 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-29357-4Published: 03 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 303

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Diabetes, Health Informatics

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