DigiBete, a Novel Chatbot to Support Transition to Adult Care of Young People/Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Outcomes From a Prospective, Multimethod, Nonrandomized Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Veronica Swallow   ¹ , MMedSci, PhD, RN ;   Janet Horsman   ^{1 *} , PhD, RM, RN ;   Eliza Mazlan   ¹ , PhD, MSc, BSc ;   Fiona Campbell   ² , MD ;   Reza Zaidi   ^{3 *} , MBBS ;   Madeleine Julian   ^{4 *} , BA, PGCE, MA ;   Jacob Branchflower   ^{5 *} , BSc, MSc ;   Jackie Martin-Kerry   ^{6 *} , PhD ;   Helen Monks   ^{1 *} , BSc(Hons), MSc ;   Astha Soni   ^{5 *} , MMBS ;   Alison Rodriguez   ^{7 *} , PhD ;   Rob Julian   ^{4 *} , BSc(Hons) ;   Paul Dimitri   ^{5 *} , BSc, MBChB, PhD

¹ Centre for Applied Health & Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

² Children's Services, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom

³ Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

⁴ DigiBete, Leeds, United Kingdom

⁵ National Institute for Health and Care Research HealthTech Research Centre, Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom

⁶ College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

⁷ School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

*these authors contributed equally