BACKGROUND: The Chronic Care Model (CCM) is helpful to illustrate multiple levels of influence in the management of @entity102 , such as @entity2973 and @entity28 in adolescents. Unfortunately, various constraints create gaps in the management process activities performed within the CCM. @entity283 ( @entity283 ) may serve as a linkage between adolescents with @entity2973 or @entity28 , their parents, and their pediatricians. OBJECTIVE: To conduct formative research to qualitatively identify views of adolescents with @entity2973 and @entity28 on use of consumer health technologies to manage weight loss across chronic care management settings. DESIGN: As part of a multi-perspective qualitative study, 10 focus groups were conducted with adolescents with @entity2973 and @entity28 . @entity1 /SETTING: Forty-eight adolescents (15 male, 33 female) aged 12 to 17 years who were current @entity1 of an intensive lifestyle change camp in the summer of 2012 participated in focus groups. All adolescents were classified as @entity2973 (21%) or @entity28 (79%) according to body mass index (BMI) for age charts published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ANALYSIS: All focus groups were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and checked for accuracy. Predefined and open coding were used to analyze transcripts for emerging themes. RESULTS: Adolescents perceive @entity283 , with its functional requirements of assistance with restaurant food selection, teaching cooking skills, and providing encouragement and motivation, to be helpful with @entity2973 and @entity28 self-management. Desired features to carry out these functional requirements included avatars, self-monitoring capabilities, social networking, and rewards. CONCLUSION: Our findings largely agree with previously reported parental perceptions of the benefit of @entity283 for adolescent @entity2973 and @entity28 self-management and strengthen support for the design and implementation of @entity283 within the CCM.

Perceptions of Adolescents with Overweight and XXXX for the Development of User-Centered Design Self-Management Tools within the Context of the Chronic Care Model: A  Qualitative Study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity', 'obese'] @entity283 :: ('OMIM:603663', 'Disease') :: ['CHT', 'Consumer health technologies'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic disease'] @entity2973 :: ('MESH:D050177', 'Disease') :: ['overweight']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['Obesity']
