Min Soon Kim, PhD: Improving Diabetes Self-management via Personalized Education: A User-Centered Mobile Application Based Strategy
Dr. Kim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri
Dr. Kim has been a CDTR member and utilized CDTR resources to develop his work on app-based interventions for diabetic patients and much more.

Improving Diabetes Self-management via Personalized Education: A User-Centered Mobile Application Based Strategy
This proposal aims to conduct a formative research to develop a mobile app-based intervention for diabetic patients at UMHC. This research will lead to an Experimental Trial to test the Intervention Effect on diabetes management by patients. Aim 1: To develop a patient-centered mobile diabetes self-management education application Following a UCD process, the team will develop a mobile app on an iPad device (iOS platform) for diabetes patients who are 50 and older. UCD process considers the needs, wants, and limitations of patients at each stage of the design process. These stages involve 5-10 elder patients and providers throughout the processes: (a) user needs analysis, (b) algorithm development, and (c) cyclical prototype design and development. The team will conduct an iterative assessment of user experience to refine the design of the app for maximal user acceptance. Aim 2: To measure patients’ experience, acceptance, and intervention effect of the mobile application.
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- Narindrarangkura P, Boren SA, Khan U, Day M, Simoes EJ, Kim MS. SEE-Diabetes, a patient-centered diabetes self-management education and support for older adults: Findings and information needs from patients’ perspectives. Prim Care Diabetes. 2022 Jun;16(3):395-403. doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2022.02.008. Epub 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35227635; PMCID: PMC9133060.
- Kim MS, Khan U, Boren SA, Narindrarangkura P, Ye Q, Simoes EJ. Transforming AADE7 for Use in an Evaluation Framework for Health Information Technology in Diabetes Mellitus. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2022 May;16(3):764-770. doi: 10.1177/1932296820985842. Epub 2021 Jan 12. PMID: 33435720; PMCID: PMC9294563.
- Ye Q, Patel R, Khan U, Boren SA, Kim MS. Evaluation of provider documentation patterns as a tool to deliver ongoing patient-centred diabetes education and support. Int J Clin Pract. 2020 Mar;74(3):e13451. doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13451. Epub 2019 Dec 21. PMID: 31769903; PMCID: PMC7047595.
- Ye Q, Khan U, Boren SA, Simoes EJ, Kim MS. An Analysis of Diabetes Mobile Applications Features Compared to AADE7™: Addressing Self-Management Behaviors in People With Diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2018 Jul;12(4):808-816. doi: 10.1177/1932296818754907. Epub 2018 Feb 1. PMID: 29390917; PMCID: PMC6134307.
- Narindrarangkura P, Ye Q, Boren SA, Khan U, Simoes EJ, Kim MS. Analysis of Healthy Coping Feedback Messages from Diabetes Mobile Apps: Validation Against an Evidence-Based Framework. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2023 Jan;17(1):152-162. doi: 10.1177/19322968211043534. Epub 2021 Sep 16. PMID: 34530644; PMCID: PMC9846388.