To decrease the challenges associated with type 1 diabetes among adolescents, a text-messaging based intervention along with financial incentives, improves diabetes control and outcome.
Type 1 Diabetes - Treatment and Management
An overview of type 1 diabetes, its contributing factors, management and adopting a healthy lifestyle to cope with it.
An overview of type 1 diabetes, its contributing factors, management and adopting a healthy lifestyle to cope with it.
‘A text-messaging based intervention coupled with financial incentives for adolescents with T1D will help in the efficient control of blood sugar levels and ensure increase self-care.’
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T1DM further complicates the already challenging adolescence period. The constant blood sugar monitoring, multiple doses of insulin administration, the diet and exercise regimens make self-care difficult. This results in poor diabetes control and outcomes for adolescents. Read More..
Statistics suggest that 88% of the teens own a mobile phone, and around 50% engaging in texting. Therefore, MyDiaText is an efficient tool that will help adolescents to be more involved with self-care and management of TD1M.
"We have demonstrated that text messaging is a promising method by which to engage adolescents with T1D who have suboptimal control, in their self-care, and deserves further investigation. There remains a need to develop a digital health intervention that significantly impacts glycemic control in this population" writes Terri H. Lipman, Ph.D., CRNP, FAAN, the Miriam Stirl Endowed Term Professor of Nutrition, Professor of Nursing of Children and Assistant Dean for Community Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing). Lipman is the senior author of the article.
Type 1 Diabetes in Children - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Complications & Treatment
Type 1 diabetes is a condition most common in children in which the pancreas stops producing and releasing the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar levels.
Type 1 diabetes is a condition most common in children in which the pancreas stops producing and releasing the hormone insulin that controls blood sugar levels.
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Diabetes Essentials: Types, Complications, Management & Treatment
Diabetes is a metabolic disease caused by insulin deficiency that leads to high blood sugar levels and several associated complications if left untreated.
Diabetes is a metabolic disease caused by insulin deficiency that leads to high blood sugar levels and several associated complications if left untreated.
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Valuable information on diabetic foot care, treatment and prevention.
Valuable information on diabetic foot care, treatment and prevention.
