Ecological momentary assessment in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A mixed‐methods feasibility study
Authors' conclusion
Text-message-based EMA is a feasible method for capturing near-real-time patient experiences related to diabetes management. Combined with diabetes technology, EMA has significant potential for improving our understanding of the behavioural aspects of diabetes self-management.
Study context
- Population
- Adolescents (12–18 years old) with T1D18 interviewed
- Participants
- 66 adolescents
- Outcome
- Feasibility of text-message-based EMA: response rate and response latency, and their predictors
Methodological detailstext-message-based ecological momentary assessment (EMA), 3-month EMA study, thematic analysis of interviews
- Text-message-based EMA
- 3-month EMA study
- Thematic analysis of interviews
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
EMA adherence
Average response rate
70%
Average response latency
77.83 min
Further findings
Qualitative interviews
- Themes: (1) methodological considerations for research using EMA and (2) how EMA positively affected participants
Original publication
Ecological momentary assessment in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A mixed‐methods feasibility study. Diabet Med. Published 27 February 2025. doi:10.
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