Fig. 2
From: Medication management support in diabetes: a systematic assessment of diabetes self-management apps
Flowchart for app selection. The search terms “(Diabetes OR Diabetic OR Diabetics) OR (glucose OR glycaemic OR glycemic OR blood sugar OR HbA1c OR A1c) OR insulin” yielded 4876 results from (https://42matters.com). After screening the app descriptions for relevance, 351 apps were downloaded for assessment; of which, 208 apps were excluded due to (i) technical issues, (ii) device tie-in, (iii) not available at app assessment, (iv) regional restriction, (v) do not meet inclusion criteria on second screening and (vi) duplication of apps on the same platform. Finally, 143 apps (81 Android; 62 iOS) were fully assessed against the app assessment criteria in Table 1