The development of a mobile u-Health program and evaluation for self-diet management for diabetic patients
- Authors
- Ahn, Yun; Bae, Jeahurn; Kim, Hee-Seon
- Issue Date
- Jun-2016
- Publisher
- 한국영양학회
- Keywords
- u-Health; mobile program; diabetic patients
- Citation
- Nutrition Research and Practice, v.10, no.3, pp 342 - 351
- Pages
- 10
- Journal Title
- Nutrition Research and Practice
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 342
- End Page
- 351
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/9087
- DOI
- 10.4162/nrp.2016.10.3.342
- ISSN
- 1976-1457
2005-6168
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study aims to develop a mobile nutritional management program for integration into the already developed web-based program, Diabetes Mellitus Dietary Management Guide (DMDMG) for diabetic patients. Further, we aim to evaluate the amended DMDMG program. SUBJECTS/METHODS: The mobile application based on an Android operating system includes three parts: 1) record of diet intake, which allows users to take pictures of the meal and save to later add diet records into DMDMG; 2) an alarm system that rings at each meal time, which reminds users to input the data; 3) displays the diet record and the results of nutrient intake, which can be also viewed through the web program. All three parts are linked to the web-based program. A survey was conducted to evaluate the program in terms of nutrition knowledge, dietary attitude, eating behavior and diet intake by non-equivalent control group design among diabetic patients with 14 DMDMG users and 12 non-user controls after a one-month trial of DMDMG. RESULTS: Non-users did not use the program, but participated in the weekly off-line nutrition classes for one month. The program users showed increased healthful dietary behavior (P < 0.01) and dietary attitude scores (P < 0.05). More DMDMG users had higher nutrition knowledge scores after one-month trial than non-users. However, dietary intake significantly increased in non-user group for calcium and sodium (P < 0.05) while the user group did not show significant changes. CONCLUSIONS: The program has created positive changes in patients' dietary life. All the users were satisfied with the program, although some expressed minor difficulties with an unfamiliar mobile app.
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