Mobile Application for Improvement of Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Usability Pilot Test

Data de publicação: 01/01/2023

Autores da FMUP

• Glória De Fátima Almeida Conceição

  Autor

• Paulo Alexandre Azevedo Pereira Santos

  Autor

• Cristina Maria Nogueira Da Costa Santos

  Autor

• José Alberto Da Silva Freitas

  Autor

Participantes de fora da FMUP

• Pinto, A
• Viana, J

Unidades de investigação

• Laboratório Associado RISE- Rede de Investigação em Saúde

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

• Medicina da Comunidade, Informação e Decisão em Saúde

• RISE-Health

  

  Investigador

  Fernando Carlos De Landér Schmitt

Abstract

We intend to evaluate the usability of a mobile app developed for the self-management of T2DM. A pilot usability cross-sectional study was performed with a convenience sample of 6 smartphone users aged 45 years. Participants performed tasks autonomously in a mobile app to assess if users could complete them and filled out a usability and satisfaction questionnaire. About half of the tasks had a successful completion rate. The result of the usability questionnaire was 64/100, below the acceptable value, but the satisfaction value was considered good. This study was fundamental as it allowed us to verify which improvements should be implemented in the next version of the app, contributing to its better acceptance.

Keywords

• Usability; tasks; mobile applications; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; T2DM