Feasibility of the SMART project: A text message program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Authors

Linda Jones Herbert, Children's National Medical CenterFollow
Priya Mehta, Children's National Medical Center
Maureen Monaghan, George Washington University
Fran R. Cogen, George Washington UniversityFollow
Randi Streisand, George Washington University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

11-1-2014

Journal

Diabetes Spectrum

Volume

Volume 27, Issue 4

Inclusive Pages

265-269

Abstract

This study investigated response rates to the Self-Management and Research Technology Project, a 6-week text message program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes designed to provide diabetes self-management reminders and education. The rate of response to texts was high, with 78% of texts responded to during the 6-week period. Girls and participants who self-reported sending a large number of personal daily texts had higher response rates; other demographic and medical variables were unrelated to text response rates. Inclusion of mobile health technologies such as text messages in clinical care may be a unique, relevant method of intervention for youths with type 1 diabetes, regardless of age, socioeconomic status, or glycemic control.

Comments

Reproduced with permission of American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Spectrum.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

APA Citation

Herbert, L.J., Mehta, P., Monaghan, M., Cogen, F., Streisand, R. (2014). Feasibility of the SMART project: A text message program for adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum, 27(4), 265-269.

Peer Reviewed

1

Open Access

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