Nidhi Garg1, Shaima Kattungal Arunan2, Sandeep Arora1, Kiranjeet Kaur1. 1. Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. 2. Pulla Reddy Institute of Pharmacy, Gummadidala mandal, Domadugu (V), Sangareddy (Dist), Telangana, India.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing health issue among pregnant women worldwide. Treatment of hyperglycemia during pregnancy improves outcomes for both mothers and infants. Effectively performing and reviewing self-monitoring of blood glucose is time-consuming for patients and care providers. In the modern era, most people having access to smartphones create opportunities for use of phone-based technologies to improve patient care in chronic diseases. This review aims to investigate the awareness and use of the smartphone application (app) with respect to management of GDM among pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Various relevant studies (n = 522) from 3 databases named Pub Med, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were included. For this, the study involved designing of a 5-stage review framework, which included research question identification, identification of articles, article selection, data collection, and result reporting. RESULTS: Initial search criteria used a combination of keywords, by which we found out 522 literatures from 3 databases. After screening the titles and abstracts, 249 articles were excluded due to duplicate literatures and 252 articles were excluded due to the following reasons: not relevant (n = 172), editorial (n = 43), not in English (n = 7), and abstract only (n = 30). Furthermore, 10 articles were excluded because apps such as MobiGuide, pregnant + app, and GDm health were not mentioned in these articles. A total of 11 articles were included for the final analysis. CONCLUSION: The mobile apps described in the present study (pregnant +, MobiGuide, and GDm health) provided personalized health care services, patient care improvement, and enhanced patient's compliance toward blood glucose monitoring and treatment.
BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasing health issue among pregnant women worldwide. Treatment of hyperglycemia during pregnancy improves outcomes for both mothers and infants. Effectively performing and reviewing self-monitoring of blood glucose is time-consuming for patients and care providers. In the modern era, most people having access to smartphones create opportunities for use of phone-based technologies to improve patient care in chronic diseases. This review aims to investigate the awareness and use of the smartphone application (app) with respect to management of GDM among pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Various relevant studies (n = 522) from 3 databases named Pub Med, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were included. For this, the study involved designing of a 5-stage review framework, which included research question identification, identification of articles, article selection, data collection, and result reporting. RESULTS: Initial search criteria used a combination of keywords, by which we found out 522 literatures from 3 databases. After screening the titles and abstracts, 249 articles were excluded due to duplicate literatures and 252 articles were excluded due to the following reasons: not relevant (n = 172), editorial (n = 43), not in English (n = 7), and abstract only (n = 30). Furthermore, 10 articles were excluded because apps such as MobiGuide, pregnant + app, and GDm health were not mentioned in these articles. A total of 11 articles were included for the final analysis. CONCLUSION: The mobile apps described in the present study (pregnant +, MobiGuide, and GDm health) provided personalized health care services, patient care improvement, and enhanced patient's compliance toward blood glucose monitoring and treatment.
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