Danielle Groat1, Krystal Corrette2, Adela Grando2, Vaishak Vellore2, Mike Bayuk2, George Karway2, Mary Boyle3, Rozalina McCoy4, Kevin Grimm5, Bithika Thompson3. 1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. 2. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States. 3. Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. 4. Division of Community Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States. 5. Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: It is difficult to assess self-management behaviors (SMBs) and incorporate them into a personalized self-care plan. We aimed to develop and apply SMB phenotyping algorithms from data collected by diabetes devices and a mobile health (mHealth) application to create patient-specific SMBs reports to guide individualized interventions. Follow-up interventions aimed to understand patient's reasoning behind discovered SMB choices. METHODS: This study deals with adults on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) who self-tracked SMBs with an mHealth application for 1 month. Patient-generated data were quantified and an SMB report was designed and populated for each participant. A diabetes educator used the report to conduct personalized, data-driven educational interventions. Thematic analysis of the intervention was conducted. RESULTS: Twenty-two participants recorded 118 alcohol, 251 exercise, 2,661 meal events, and 1,900 photos. A patient-specific SMB report was created from this data and used to conduct the educational intervention. High variability of SMB was observed between patients. There was variability in the percentage of alcohol events accompanied by a blood glucose check, median 79% (38-100% range), and frequency of changing the bolus waveform, median 11 (7-95 range). Interventions confirmed variability of SMBs. Main emerging themes from thematic analysis were: challenges and barriers, motivators, current SMB techniques, and future plans to improve glycemic control. CONCLUSION: The ability to quantify SMBs and understand patients' rationale may help improve diabetes self-care and related outcomes. This study describes our first steps in piloting a patient-specific diabetes educational intervention, as opposed to the current "one size fits all" approach.
OBJECTIVE: It is difficult to assess self-management behaviors (SMBs) and incorporate them into a personalized self-care plan. We aimed to develop and apply SMB phenotyping algorithms from data collected by diabetes devices and a mobile health (mHealth) application to create patient-specific SMBs reports to guide individualized interventions. Follow-up interventions aimed to understand patient's reasoning behind discovered SMB choices. METHODS: This study deals with adults on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) who self-tracked SMBs with an mHealth application for 1 month. Patient-generated data were quantified and an SMB report was designed and populated for each participant. A diabetes educator used the report to conduct personalized, data-driven educational interventions. Thematic analysis of the intervention was conducted. RESULTS: Twenty-two participants recorded 118 alcohol, 251 exercise, 2,661 meal events, and 1,900 photos. A patient-specific SMB report was created from this data and used to conduct the educational intervention. High variability of SMB was observed between patients. There was variability in the percentage of alcohol events accompanied by a blood glucose check, median 79% (38-100% range), and frequency of changing the bolus waveform, median 11 (7-95 range). Interventions confirmed variability of SMBs. Main emerging themes from thematic analysis were: challenges and barriers, motivators, current SMB techniques, and future plans to improve glycemic control. CONCLUSION: The ability to quantify SMBs and understand patients' rationale may help improve diabetes self-care and related outcomes. This study describes our first steps in piloting a patient-specific diabetes educational intervention, as opposed to the current "one size fits all" approach.
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Keywords:
diabetes mellitus; mhealth; patients with chronic illness; phenotype; self-care; smartphone; type 1 diabetes
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