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documentation is most common among the patients that do keep record, and
only 4% use mobile apps. Reasons for not using apps are: paper documentation
preference, considering their use as a waste of time, or considering it too diffi-
cult. With the development of technologies, we can expect higher number of
users in the future. Besides following blood glucose levels, the treatment of di-
abetes also involves monitoring one’s weight, intake of carbohydrates, insulin
dosage, and physical activity (Cerna and Maresova, 2016; Dinath and Mearns,
2019).
To be able to give proper advice about the apps and also type of device
that would be the most suitable for a patient, specific information is required:
the patient’s personality, technical skills, daily regimen, attitude to diabetes,
preferences in data visualization and functionalities, willingness to learn new
things, and motivational means (Holubová et al., 2019).
Conclusions
It is necessary to emphasize the important role that diabetic patients have in
the development of information and communication technologies. They need
to be included in the innovation process, as they are the key actors, that can
contribute to the development of health informatics in this field (Kanstrup,
2015).
References
ANDRÈS E., MEYER L., ZULFIQAR A.A., HAJJAM M., TALHA S., BA-
HOUGNE T., ERVÉ, S., HAJJAM, J., DOUCET, J., JEANDIDIER, N., ET
AL., 2019. Telemonitoring in diabetes: evolution of concepts and technol-
ogies, with a focus on results of the more recent studies [online]. Journal
of Medicine and Life, vol. 12, no.3, pp. 203–214. Available from: https://
medandlife.org/wp-content/uploads/JMedLife-12-203.pdf
BECK, R.W., BERGENSTAL R.M., LAFFEL L.M., PICKUP J.C., 2019. Advanc-
es in technology for management of type 1 diabetes [online]. Lancet,
vol. 394, no. 10205, pp. 1265–1273. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/
S0140-6736(19)31142-0.
CERNA L., MARESOVA P., 2016. Patients’ attitudes to the use of modern tech-
nologies in the treatment of diabetes [online]. Patient preference and ad-
herence, vol. 2016, no. 10, pp. 1869–1879. Available from: doi: 10.2147/PPA.
S118040.
DADGAR M., JOSHI K.D., 2018. The role of information and communication
technology in self-management of chronic diseases: an empirical investi-
gation through value sensitive design [online]. Journal of the Association
for Information Systems, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 86–112. Available from: https://
aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol19/iss2/2.
documentation is most common among the patients that do keep record, and
only 4% use mobile apps. Reasons for not using apps are: paper documentation
preference, considering their use as a waste of time, or considering it too diffi-
cult. With the development of technologies, we can expect higher number of
users in the future. Besides following blood glucose levels, the treatment of di-
abetes also involves monitoring one’s weight, intake of carbohydrates, insulin
dosage, and physical activity (Cerna and Maresova, 2016; Dinath and Mearns,
2019).
To be able to give proper advice about the apps and also type of device
that would be the most suitable for a patient, specific information is required:
the patient’s personality, technical skills, daily regimen, attitude to diabetes,
preferences in data visualization and functionalities, willingness to learn new
things, and motivational means (Holubová et al., 2019).
Conclusions
It is necessary to emphasize the important role that diabetic patients have in
the development of information and communication technologies. They need
to be included in the innovation process, as they are the key actors, that can
contribute to the development of health informatics in this field (Kanstrup,
2015).
References
ANDRÈS E., MEYER L., ZULFIQAR A.A., HAJJAM M., TALHA S., BA-
HOUGNE T., ERVÉ, S., HAJJAM, J., DOUCET, J., JEANDIDIER, N., ET
AL., 2019. Telemonitoring in diabetes: evolution of concepts and technol-
ogies, with a focus on results of the more recent studies [online]. Journal
of Medicine and Life, vol. 12, no.3, pp. 203–214. Available from: https://
medandlife.org/wp-content/uploads/JMedLife-12-203.pdf
BECK, R.W., BERGENSTAL R.M., LAFFEL L.M., PICKUP J.C., 2019. Advanc-
es in technology for management of type 1 diabetes [online]. Lancet,
vol. 394, no. 10205, pp. 1265–1273. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/
S0140-6736(19)31142-0.
CERNA L., MARESOVA P., 2016. Patients’ attitudes to the use of modern tech-
nologies in the treatment of diabetes [online]. Patient preference and ad-
herence, vol. 2016, no. 10, pp. 1869–1879. Available from: doi: 10.2147/PPA.
S118040.
DADGAR M., JOSHI K.D., 2018. The role of information and communication
technology in self-management of chronic diseases: an empirical investi-
gation through value sensitive design [online]. Journal of the Association
for Information Systems, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 86–112. Available from: https://
aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol19/iss2/2.
