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Table 4 Users’ Suggestions to Improve SEESPA

From: Development, feasibility and acceptability of a self-efficacy-enhancing smartphone application among pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus: single- arm pilot clinical trial

Participant Code

Suggestions for Improvement

1

•Add daily reminders for BS recording after each meal

•Sync SEESPA with step -count applications for physical activity

2

•None

4

•Include healthy meal suggestions

•Provide immediate advice to improve BS level if it is too high or too low

5

•Enable entering numbers with a decimal for the BS readings

6

•Consider daily reminders to record BS readings fasting and after meals

7

•Include healthy meal suggestions

9

•Introduce the application immediately after GDM diagnosis

14

•Consider the ability to share the recorded data with the primary healthcare provider to get a comprehensive picture of self-care activities done

15

•Provide prompt suggestions for the users about the recommended interventions to improve their blood glucose level if it is too high or too low

•Include more attractive pictures in the GDM health information section

  1. Abbreviations: SEESPA, self-efficacy-enhancing smartphone application; BS, blood sugar; GDM, gestational diabetes mellitus