title: Older Adult Self-Efficacy Study of Mobile Phone Diabetes Management.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate participant self-efficacy and use of a mobile phone diabetes health intervention for older adults during a 4-week period. Participants included seven adults (mean age, 70.3 years) with type 2 diabetes cared for by community-based primary care physicians. Participants entered blood glucose data into a mobile phone and personalized patient Internet Web portal. Based on blood glucose values, participants received automatic messages and educational information to self-manage their diabetes. Study measures included prior mobile phone/Internet use, the Stanford Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Scale, the Stanford Energy/Fatigue Scale, the Short Form-36, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (depression), the Patient Reported Diabetes Symptom Scale, the Diabetes Stages of Change measure, and a summary of mobile system use. Participants had high self-efficacy and high readiness and confidence in their ability to monitor changes to control their diabetes. Participants demonstrated ability to use the mobile intervention and communicate with diabetes educators.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Charlene C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.affiliation: 2 Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khokhar
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weed
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ann L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gruber-Baldini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D040421:Cell Phone; D003863:Depression; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063189:Symptom Assessment / Q000379:methods; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose