title: A Pilot Randomized Trial of Text-Messaging for Symptom Awareness and Diabetes Knowledge in Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes.
abstract: Adolescents with type 1 diabetes typically receive clinical care every 3 months. Between visits, diabetes-related issues may not be frequently reflected, learned, and documented by the patients, limiting their self-awareness and knowledge about their condition. We designed a text-messaging system to help resolve this problem. In a pilot, randomized controlled trial with 30 adolescents, we examined the effect of text messages about symptom awareness and diabetes knowledge on glucose control and quality of life. The intervention group that received more text messages between visits had significant improvements in quality of life.
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Electronic address: melissa.faulkner@emory.edu.
authors.forename: Melissa Spezia
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Faulkner
authors.affiliation: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fadoju
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muir
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Abowd
authors.affiliation: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Head
authors.affiliation: School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Rosa I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Arriaga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D060145:Text Messaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States
keywords: Adolescents; Text messaging; Type 1 diabetes