A digital self-management intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes: Combining theory, data and participatory design to develop HeLP-Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Digital health interventions have potential to contribute to better health outcomes, better healthcare and lower costs. However, evidence for their effectiveness is variable. The development and content of digital health interventions are often not described in enough detail to enable others to replicate the research or improve on previous interventions. This has led to a call for transparent reporting of intervention content and development.

Purpose

To describe the development process and content of a digital self-management intervention for people with type 2 diabetes (HeLP-Diabetes) that has been found to achieve its target clinical outcome, the reduction of HbA1c, a measure of glycaemic control.

Method

We synthesised theory, data from existing research

SUBMITTER: Dack C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660456 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature