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How Does Mobile Technology Shape The Perceptions Of People With Type 2 Diabetes?

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How Does Mobile Technology Shape the Perceptions of People with Type 2 Diabetes?

Lucija Gosak¹, Adrijana Svenšek¹, Gregor Štiglic¹

¹University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Maribor, Slovenia.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

|August 8, 2025

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Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Mobile app use in type 2 diabetes patients increased disease threat perception. Four weeks of the forDiabetes app use showed this effect in a randomized trial.

Keywords:

Type 2 diabetes mellitus mobile application mobile health perception of diseases

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Area of Science:

Medical Informatics
Endocrinology
Behavioral Medicine

Background:

Type 2 diabetes management requires continuous patient engagement.
Mobile health (mHealth) interventions offer potential for diabetes self-management.
Understanding patient perceptions of disease is crucial for effective treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of a diabetes self-management mobile app on patient perceptions of type 2 diabetes.
To investigate the role of mobile technology in altering disease threat perception.

Main Methods:

A randomized clinical trial was conducted with 43 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Participants used the forDiabetes mobile application for four weeks.
Disease perception was assessed using a questionnaire before and after the intervention.

Main Results:

Patients using the forDiabetes app reported increased perceptions of their disease as threatening.
This change in perception was observed after four weeks of mobile app usage.

Conclusions:

Mobile self-management applications may influence how patients perceive the severity and threat of type 2 diabetes.
Further research is needed to explore the implications of altered threat perception on long-term diabetes self-management and adherence.