Survey on the Needs of Health Management App for Diabetic Mellitus Patients in the Army

CHEN Ken; WANG Ziyang; YUE Ling; DU Jinbing

doi:10.13730/j.issn.2097-2148.2025.04.016

Abstract：Objective To understand the intention and demand of military diabetic mellitus patients regarding health management application(APP).Methods A total of 270 military diabetic mellitus patients who were treated in au-thor's hospital from March to September 2022 were selected as the research objects,self-designed questionnaires were used to investigate patients' basic information,self-heal th awareness,willingness and specific needs for using health man-agement APP.A total of 262 effective questionnaires were recovered,the patients were divided into willing group(n=238)and unwilling group(n=24)based on their willingness to use the APP.Results Among the 262 patients,212(80.92％)were dissatisfied with their health status,and 238(90.84％)were willing to manage their chronic diseases through health management APP.Univariate analysis of the basic information of the willing and unwilling groups revealed that the willingness of military diabetic mellitus patients to use the health management APP was related to their education level and age(all P＜0.05).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that education level was a significant influ-encing factor on the patients'willingness to use the APP(P＜0.05).The demands for using the health management APP including personalized diet guidance,personalized exercise guidance,medication guidance,physiological index records,multidisciplinary collaborative guidance,ensuring personal privacy security and text-based interaction.Conclusion Mili-tary diabetic mellitus patients have low satisfaction with their own health,and they are willing to use health management APP;personalized guidance and information security are the key points for military diabetic mellitus patients to concern.