DIABETES-SELF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION
Appendix C
Model for Evidence-Based Practice Change

(Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015, p. 286)

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Appendix D
Care4life Smartphone Application Pre-Utilization Survey
1. How	
  long	
  have	
  you	
  had	
  diabetes?	
  
2. What	
  is	
  your	
  age	
  and	
  gender?	
  
3. What	
  brand	
  of	
  phone	
  do	
  you	
  have?	
  
4. What	
  was	
  your	
  last	
  HbA1c?	
  

Care4life Smartphone Application Post survey
1. Did	
  you	
  find	
  the	
  application	
  easy	
  to	
  use?	
  
2. Did	
  you	
  find	
  the	
  information	
  contained	
  in	
  the	
  application	
  useful?	
  
3. Would	
  you	
  recommend	
  this	
  application	
  to	
  a	
  friend?	
  
4. What	
  did	
  you	
  like	
  about	
  the	
  application?	
  
5. What	
  could	
  be	
  improved	
  about	
  the	
  application?	
  
6. Did	
  you	
  like	
  the	
  text	
  messaging	
  reminders?	
  
7. What	
  aspects	
  of	
  the	
  application	
  did	
  you	
  use?	
  
	
  

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Appendix	
  E	
  
Demographics
Total participants

N=10 installed

N=6 completed

Gender

50% male

50% male

Mean Age

61.5 ± 10.2

63.8 ± 10.7

Mean years with diabetes

11.9 ± 6.0

13.5 ± 4.7

Average BMI

34.8 ± 7.9

33.62 ± 7.2

Average HbA1c

7.4 ± 0.88

7.6 ± 0.95

Type of Phone

50% android/ 50% apple

50% android/ 50% apple

	
  
Outcomes (qualitative)
Willingness to refer to a friend

67%

Aspects liked

Reminders, data collection, ease of use

Text messaging evaluation

67% positive

Easy to use

83% agreed

Provided useful information

83% agreed

Aspects used

Parameter tracking, reminders, educational functions