PMID- 20144404
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100930
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1932-2968 (Electronic)
IS  - 1932-2968 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 6
DP  - 2009 Nov 1
TI  - Mobile phone technology for children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: a parent 
      survey.
PG  - 1481-9
AB  - PURPOSE: The novel application of information technology has the potential to 
      improve care for children with diabetes. We surveyed parents of children with 
      type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to (1) 
      identify their concerns related to their children's diabetes and (2) assess the 
      relationship between these concerns and parental attitudes toward a glucometer 
      integrated into a mobile phone that could provide parents and health care 
      providers with a child's real-time glucose readings via text message and a secure 
      Web site. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional Web-based survey of parents 
      with children ages 10-19 years (125 with T1DM and 77 with T2DM). Parental 
      concerns were grouped by (1) access to their child's provider, (2) parenting 
      challenges, and (3) knowledge about managing their child's diabetes. RESULTS: 
      Parental concerns focused mostly on access to their child's health care provider. 
      Over half of respondents expressed interest in subscribing to a 
      mobile-phone-based service. In multivariate logistic regression models, the odds 
      of being willing to use the service increased if parents had concerns about 
      provider access, a child with T2DM, a college education, or currently subscribed 
      to text messaging. Enthusiasm decreased with increasing annual service cost. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Study participants-particularly parents with provider access 
      concerns or a child with T2DM-were receptive to adopting novel health technology 
      to help manage their children's diabetes. Adoption of such tools is most likely 
      driven by the unmet needs of parents.
FAU - Pena, Venessa
AU  - Pena V
AD  - Center for Connected Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
FAU - Watson, Alice J
AU  - Watson AJ
FAU - Kvedar, Joseph C
AU  - Kvedar JC
FAU - Grant, Richard W
AU  - Grant RW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20091101
PL  - United States
TA  - J Diabetes Sci Technol
JT  - Journal of diabetes science and technology
JID - 101306166
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Glucose/*metabolism
MH  - Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring/economics/*instrumentation
MH  - *Cell Phone/economics
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood/*diagnosis/economics/psychology/therapy
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/*diagnosis/economics/psychology/therapy
MH  - *Diagnostic Equipment/economics
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Care Costs
MH  - Health Care Surveys
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Health Services Accessibility
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internet
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Motivation
MH  - Parent-Child Relations
MH  - *Parents/psychology
MH  - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC2787050
EDAT- 2010/02/11 06:00
MHDA- 2010/10/01 06:00
PMCR- 2010/11/01
CRDT- 2010/02/11 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/10/01 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2010/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - dst.3.6.1481 [pii]
AID - 10.1177/193229680900300630 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2009 Nov 1;3(6):1481-9. doi: 10.1177/193229680900300630.