Mobile Phone Usage and Willingness to Use Mobile Phones to Support Medication Adherence and Receive Text Message Appointment Reminders in Older Outpatients With Type 2 Diabetes.

IF 4.1 Q2 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology Pub Date : 2025-01-31 DOI:10.1177/19322968241306438

Huyen Thi Thanh Vu, Thu Thi Hoai Nguyen, Minh Ngoc Luu, Thuy Phuong Nguyen, Huong Thi Thu Nguyen, Tam Ngoc Nguyen, Thanh Xuan Nguyen, Linh Vu Huyen Ha, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Janani Thillainadesan, Vasi Naganathan, Toan Thi Thanh Do, Anh Trung Nguyen

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Abstract

Background: Information technology can be used to improve the management of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes. This study aims to evaluate the willingness of older outpatients with type 2 diabetes to use mobile phones to support medication adherence and receive text message appointment reminders and investigated the factors associated with this willingness.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study conducted at the outpatient department of Dong Da General Hospital. Participants aged 60 and over managed and treated for type 2 diabetes were asked about mobile phone usage. Data were also collected on sociodemographic information, diabetes characteristics, and medical history.

Results: In the 584 study participants recruited, the mean age was 73.2 (SD: 8.3) years. Approximately 80% patients with diabetes had medium or high treatment adherence and 52.4% had hemoglobin A1c (HbA_lc) < 7.5%. In the multilevel logistic regression analysis, the following factors were significantly associated with willingness to using phones to support medication adherence: college, university, or higher level (odds ratio [OR] = 2.35, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.10, 4.99), current smoking (OR = 5.40, 95% CI = 1.01, 28.94), whether they had a mobile phone and type of phone (basic phone: OR = 2.47, 95% CI = 1.42, 4.30; smartphone: OR = 17.93, 95% CI = 8.81, 36.47) . The following factors were significantly associated with willingness to receive these appointment reminders via mobile phone: whether they had a mobile phone and type of phone (basic phone: OR = 2.79, 95% CI = 1.70, 4.59; smartphone: OR = 9.61, 95% CI = 4.61, 19.99) and HbA_1c < 7.5 (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.43, 0.99).

Conclusions: Our study would suggest that there is potential value in using mobile phone to improve the management of diabetes in community living older people but this alone cannot be relied upon.

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Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology Medicine-Internal Medicine

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7.50

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148

期刊介绍： The Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (JDST) is a bi-monthly, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Diabetes Technology Society. JDST covers scientific and clinical aspects of diabetes technology including glucose monitoring, insulin and metabolic peptide delivery, the artificial pancreas, digital health, precision medicine, social media, cybersecurity, software for modeling, physiologic monitoring, technology for managing obesity, and diagnostic tests of glycation. The journal also covers the development and use of mobile applications and wireless communication, as well as bioengineered tools such as MEMS, new biomaterials, and nanotechnology to develop new sensors. Articles in JDST cover both basic research and clinical applications of technologies being developed to help people with diabetes.