Mobile phone technologies and advanced data analysis towards the enhancement of diabetes self-management.
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2010-11-02
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Advances in the area of mobile and wireless communication for healthcare m Health along with the improvements in information science allow the design and development of new patient centric models for the provision of personalised healthcare services increase of patient independence and improvement of patient s self control and self management capabilities This paper comprises a brief overview of the m Health applications towards the self management of individuals with diabetes mellitus and the enhancement of their quality of life Furthermore the design and development of a mobile phone application for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus T1DM self management is presented The technical evaluation of the application which permits the management of blood glucose measurements blood pressure measurements insulin dosage food drink intake and physical activity has shown that the use of the mobile phone technologies along with data analysis methods might improve the self management of T1DM
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Pre-prototype, Feasibility, Diabetes, Chronic care, Disease management