PMID- 35052167
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220128
IS  - 2227-9032 (Print)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Electronic)
IS  - 2227-9032 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
DP  - 2021 Dec 21
TI  - Evaluating the Usability of mHealth Applications on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 
      Using Various MCDM Methods.
LID - 10.3390/healthcare10010004 [doi]
LID - 4
AB  - The recent developments in the IT world have brought several changes in the 
      medical industry. This research work focuses on few mHealth applications that 
      work on the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by the patients on 
      their own. Looking into the present doctor-to-patient ratio in our country 
      (1:1700 as per a Times of India report in 2021), it is very essential to develop 
      self-management mHealth applications. Thus, there is a need to ensure simple and 
      user-friendly mHealth applications to improve customer satisfaction. The goal of 
      this study is to assess and appraise the usability and effectiveness of existing 
      T2DM-focused mHealth applications. TOPSIS, VIKOR, and PROMETHEE II are three 
      multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approaches considered in the proposed work 
      for the evaluation of the usability of five existing T2DM mHealth applications, 
      which include Glucose Buddy, mySugr, Diabetes: M, Blood Glucose Tracker, and 
      OneTouch Reveal. The methodology used in the research work is a 
      questionnaire-based evaluation that focuses on certain attributes and 
      sub-attributes, identified based on the features of mHealth applications. CRITIC 
      methodology is used for obtaining the attribute weights, which give the priority 
      of the attributes. The resulting analysis signifies our proposed research by 
      ranking the mHealth applications based on usability and customer satisfaction.
FAU - Gupta, Kamaldeep
AU  - Gupta K
AD  - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Usha Martin University, Ranchi 
      835103, India.
FAU - Roy, Sharmistha
AU  - Roy S
AD  - Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Usha Martin University, Ranchi 
      835103, India.
FAU - Poonia, Ramesh Chandra
AU  - Poonia RC
AD  - Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bangalore 
      560029, India.
FAU - Nayak, Soumya Ranjan
AU  - Nayak SR
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4155-884X
AD  - Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 
      201301, India.
FAU - Kumar, Raghvendra
AU  - Kumar R
AD  - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GIET University, Rayagada 765022, 
      India.
FAU - Alzahrani, Khalid J
AU  - Alzahrani KJ
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6688-0106
AD  - Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, College of Applied Medical 
      Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alnfiai, Mrim M
AU  - Alnfiai MM
AD  - Department of Information Technology, College of Computers and Information 
      Technology, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Al-Wesabi, Fahd N
AU  - Al-Wesabi FN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4389-4927
AD  - Department of Computer Science, College of Science & Art at Mahayil, King Khalid 
      University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.
AD  - Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer and Information 
      Technology, Sana'a University, Sanaa 1993, Yemen.
LA  - eng
GR  - TURSP-2020/328/Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Saudi 
      Arabia/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211221
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Healthcare (Basel)
JT  - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101666525
PMC - PMC8775296
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - T2DM
OT  - critic
OT  - mHealth applications
OT  - usability score
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/01/22 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/22 06:01
PMCR- 2021/12/21
CRDT- 2022/01/21 01:02
PHST- 2021/12/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/01/21 01:02 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/01/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/22 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - healthcare10010004 [pii]
AID - healthcare-10-00004 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/healthcare10010004 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Dec 21;10(1):4. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10010004.