Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Punjab, India.
Pulla Reddy Institute of Pharmacy, Gummadidala mandal, Domadugu (V), Sangareddy (Dist), Telangana, India.
J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2022 Mar;16(2):491-497. doi: 10.1177/1932296820965577. Epub 2020 Oct 29.
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.
Various relevant studies ( = 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.
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 ( = 172), editorial ( = 43), not in English ( = 7), and abstract only ( = 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.
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.
妊娠糖尿病（GDM）是全球孕妇日益严重的健康问题。治疗妊娠期间的高血糖可改善母婴结局。患者和医护人员执行和审查自我血糖监测非常耗时。在现代，大多数有智能手机的人都有机会使用基于手机的技术来改善慢性病患者的护理。本综述旨在调查孕妇对管理 GDM 的智能手机应用（app）的认识和使用情况。
从 Pub Med、Cochrane Library 和 Google Scholar 这 3 个数据库中纳入了 522 项相关研究。为此，该研究设计了一个 5 阶段的审查框架，包括研究问题的确定、文章的确定、文章的选择、数据的收集和结果的报告。
最初的搜索标准使用了关键词的组合，通过这种方式，我们从 3 个数据库中找到了 522 篇文献。在筛选标题和摘要后，有 249 篇因重复文献而被排除，有 252 篇因以下原因被排除：不相关（=172）、社论（=43）、非英语（=7）和仅有摘要（=30）。此外，有 10 篇文章因 MobiGuide、pregnant+app 和 GDm health 等应用程序未在这些文章中提及而被排除。共有 11 篇文章被纳入最终分析。
本研究中描述的移动应用程序（pregnant+、MobiGuide 和 GDm health）提供了个性化的医疗服务、改善了患者护理，并增强了患者对血糖监测和治疗的依从性。
