A diabetes self-management tablet-based application for older adults with type 2 diabetes : the ASSISTwell pilot study / Mohammad Y. Alkawaldeh, Jeungok Choi, Cynthia S. Jacelon

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the commonest and most serious chronic illnesses among older adults in US communities and elsewhere (Ogurtsova, et al., 2017). According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2017), 11.9% of the US population are currently affected by diabetes mellitus, of whom 90 to 95% have T2DM (Center for Disease Control, 2017). Uncontrolled and unmanaged T2DM may lead to short- and long-term complications, some of which could be fatal (Ghimire, Shakya, Shakya, Achary, & Pardhe, 2018). Recent studies highlighted numerous complications associated with T2DM, encompassing diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, kidney failure, liver injury, fatty liver disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and many more (Harding, Pavkov, Magliano, Shaw, & Gregg, 2019; Ghimire, et al., 2018; Papatheodorou, Papanas, Banach, Papazoglou, & Edmonds, 2016). Given the broad spectrum of T2DM complications, it is critical for individuals to develop self-management skills to prevent or delay such complications (Powers, et al., 2017).

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