EHealth im Community Health Nursing : mobile Anwendungen zur Therapie von Menschen Diabetes mellitus Type 2

Abstract

Background: The increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus type II is a health problem of global proportions. Digital applications in the form of health apps can support patients in coping with the disease in everyday life and improve the quality of care. One problem is the confusing abundance of mobile applications and the lack of analysis on quality and manageability. Community health nurses have the competence to implement suitable health apps and to bring them closer to the patients. Methods: To obtain an overview of the effectiveness of diabetes health apps of type II diabetes, a systematic literature search in international databases was completed in the first step. In the next step, an analysis was conducted using selected criteria with the question of which health apps are suitable in the setting of community health nursing in the care of patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Results: A total of ten studies were included in the literature review analysis. The results indicate that positive effects on various clinical outcome parameters can be achieved through the use of diabetes health apps. A total of N = 21 mobile apps were included in the analysis of current diabetes health apps, of which five apps had between six and seven of the selection criteria identified as effective in the literature. Conclusion: Health apps can improve care practices. Five of the diabetes apps studied meet the requirements to be used effectively in community health nursing.