Access to and Interest in Using Smartphone Technology for the Management of Type 1 Diabetes in Ethnic Minority Adolescents and Their Parents

Abstract

Results suggest ethnic minority adolescents with T1D across a range of income levels have access to smartphones. Although most parents expressed high interest in diabetes-specific apps, there was greater variability in adolescent interest. Understanding barriers and facilitators to the use of smartphone apps for diabetes care in ethnic minority adolescents may increase their interest in and ultimate adoption of this technology.