Development of Android-Based Healthcare Application for Diabetes Patients
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease condition in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood. Over the past three decades the prevalence of DM has been doubled of the estimated status and it still continues to increase due to the growth of an ageing population and adverse lifestyle factors that raises the body mass index and age-specific incidence Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease condition in which the body’s ability to produce or respond to the hormone insulin is impaired, resulting in abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and elevated levels of glucose in the blood. Over the past three decades, the prevalence of DM has been doubled the estimated status and it still continues to increase due to the growth of an ageing population and adverse lifestyle factors that raises the body mass index and age-specific incidence.
There is a need for patient education to improve the health status of the patient to encourage compliance with medical treatment regimens and promoting healthy lifestyles. Mobile health app plays an important role in the fast and easy self-management of diabetes by providing effective information to the patients anytime and anywhere. Considering the need for an android application, We have developed an android application named ‘Diabetic World’ for providing patient education to diabetic patients. This application has 13 modules such as
Icon 1: Know About My Disease
Icon 2: Complications I Might Face
Icon 3: How to Diagnose My Disease?
Icon 4: How My Medications Control My Blood Sugar Level?
Icon 5: Major Interactions of My Medications That I Should Know
Icon 6: Interaction of My Medication with Herbal Products
Icon 7: Tips I Should Keep In Mind About My Drugs
Icon 8: Which Food I Should Eat?
Icon 9: How Much Exercise I Should Get?
Icon 10: Pill Remainders
Icon 11: Nearest Hospital I Can Access
Icon 12: My Diabetes Record
Icon 13: Share My Location
After the development of the application, the usability and satisfactory level of the mobile application was assessed and necessary modification was done. #LearningNeverStops_JKKN #JKKN
For further details:
Wilma Mary Thomson, Aswathi T, Venkateswaramurthy N, Sambath Kumar R. Development of android based healthcare application for diabetes patients. Int. Res. J. Pharm.2018;9(9):198-206. http://dx.doi.org/10.7897/2230-8407.099213