Photosurveillance of Non-FDA Approved Activity: Instagram and Diabetes

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Identifier 023_Whitney-Woodruff-WIN-2017-Abstract-Photosurveillance-of-CGM-on-Instagram_EBPF2017
Title Photosurveillance of Non-FDA Approved Activity: Instagram and Diabetes
Creator Woodruff, Whitney S.; Arrington, Joseph; Litchman, Michelle
Subject Evidence-Based Practice; Diabetes Mellitus; Communication; Social Media; Photography; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Insulin Infusion Systems; Glycemic Control; Poster
Description Individuals with diabetes are using social media to share information about their health. Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitor (RT-CGM) users post about their experiences, including non-FDA approved activity. The purpose of this research is to assess the use of photosurveillance as a research method to examine real-world trends in diabetes and analyze non-FDA approved activity as it relates to RT-CGM use. Conclusion: Photosurveillance can be used to examine real- world trends in diabetes. In this study, individuals used RT-CGM in non-FDA approved locations with greater frequency than the abdomen. Sensor failure was equal between non-FDA and FDA sites. The risk for scar tissue and the need to rotate insulin injection/pump sites increase the patient's need for multiple areas to place RT-CGM with interstitial fluid, not just the abdomen. The viral nature of social media will likely expose individuals of all age groups to non-FDA approved activity related to RT-CGM use.
Relation is Part of Evidence Based Practice Posters - 2017
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date Digital 2017
Date 2017
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Rights https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6ff84tg
Setname ehsl_ebp
ID 1399392
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff84tg
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