Mobile phone technologies and advanced data analysis towards the enhancement of diabetes self-management.
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.
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9, Heroon Polytechneiou Str., 15780 Zografou, Athens, Greece. ikouris@biomed.ntua.gr
Ioannis
I
Kouris
Stavroula
S
Mougiakakou
Luca
L
Scarnato
Dimitra
D
Iliopoulou
Peter
P
Diem
Andriani
A
Vazeou
Dimitris
D
Koutsouris
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D007328:Insulin