Integrating Visual Dietary Documentation in Mobile-Phone-Based Self-Management Application for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
| Autor: | Eirik Årsand, Dag Helge Frøisland |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Blood Glucose
Male Knowledge management Adolescent Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism media_common.quotation_subject Biomedical Engineering Bioengineering Documentation Eating Young Adult Carbohydrate counting Insulin Infusion Systems Internal Medicine Humans Medicine Empowerment media_common Glycated Hemoglobin Self-efficacy Medical education Type 1 diabetes Self-management business.industry medicine.disease Mobile Applications Self Efficacy Self Care Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Feeling Mobile phone Female Special Section: Image-Based Dietary Assessment business Cell Phone |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 9:541-548 |
| ISSN: | 1932-2968 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1932296815576956 |
| Popis: | The goal of modern diabetes treatment is to a large extent focused on self-management to achieve and maintain a healthy, low HbA1c. Despite all new technical diabetes tools and support, including advanced blood glucose meters and insulin delivery systems, diabetes patients still struggle to achieve international treatment goals, that is, HbA1c < 7.5 in children and adolescents. In this study we developed and tested a mobile-phone-based tool to capture and visualize adolescents’ food intake. Our aim was to affect understanding of carbohydrate counting and also to facilitate doctor–adolescent communication with regard to daily treatment. Furthermore, we wanted to evaluate the effect of the designed tool with regard to empowerment, self-efficacy, and self-treatment. The study concludes that implementing a visualization tool is an important contribution for young people to understand the basics of diabetes and to empower young people to define their treatment challenges. By capturing a picture of their own food, the person’s own feeling of being in charge can be affected and better self-treatment achieved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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