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A Systematic Review on Usability of mHealth Applications on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Next Generation of Internet of Things

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In this present digital world, smart phones play a vital role, especially in the healthcare sector. The various mHealth applications installed in smart phones can solve primary health-related issues at a fingertip. However, the utility of those applications will increase if they meet user satisfaction and can solve the tasks effectively and efficiently. Thus, usability evaluation of mHealth applications is a matter of concern. Many usability evaluation techniques have been used till now but a majority of them are not unified and do not safeguard all usability aspects especially for mHealth applications. The purpose of this study is to recognize specific attributes that might help tremendously in assessing the usability of mHealth applications and examine the features of various usability evaluation methodologies for evaluating mHealth applications featured for diagnosing Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

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    Kamaldeep Gupta & Sharmistha Roy

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Gupta, K., Roy, S. (2023). A Systematic Review on Usability of mHealth Applications on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. In: Kumar, R., Pattnaik, P.K., R. S. Tavares, J.M. (eds) Next Generation of Internet of Things. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 445. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1412-6_10

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