Real-World Long-Term Engagement With a Mobile App Intervention to Improve Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China (SMARTDiabetes): Mixed Methods Study
Long-term, sustained engagement with a mobile app intervention for type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management is achievable in the primary health care setting in China. Higher engagement is associated with better health outcomes. The influencing factors identified in the SMARTDiabetes study provide valuable insights for developing targeted strategies to enhance user engagement with DBCIs and improve overall program effectiveness.
Authors
- David Peiris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6898-3870)
- Xuanchen Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4704-8258)
- Yide Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6098-7853)
- Hongyi Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8429-5682)
- Limin Mao
- Puhong Zhang
- Yaoshen Zhang
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- State Intellectual Property Office (CN)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Hebei Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- George Institute for Global Health (CN)
- Hebei Science and Technology Department (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR mhealth and uhealth
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/76699
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00