The application, in an experimental phase, is designed for children under 14 to interact by introducing their own routine and the results of glycemia measurements
From a Android smartphone, the child with type 1 diabetes mellitus will answer a series of questions about their habits, which customizes the application.With daily use, the results of its glucose measurements will also enter, for which it has an alarm system that reminds you when to do them.In return, this free program will tell you how many doses of insulin should be administered and sent by email to your relatives.
"Type 1 diabetes mellitus occurs at an early age, especially between 0-14 years, therefore the application is oriented for those ages, but all users can use it, since the parents should also have it," Elena explainsS. Zaballos, coordinator of the project of the Pontifical University of Salamanca.
The application called 'Alarm and Registration for Diabetes Mellitus Type 1', has been developed by Julio García and Juan Luis Sánchez Calleof the University.
“We have created a simple and clear interface with large buttons to facilitate children to use the application.Thus, children can interact with the application through a test that asked questions about their lifestyle habits and routines to help them improve them and have better health.They can also introduce the results of their glycemia measurements to know how many doses of insulin should be administered and being able to send these results to their relatives.In addition to this, the application has a configurable alarm system so that the child remembers that he must make his glucose measurements, ”explains Zaballos.
The child population is difficult to handle and thanks to systems such as those that this application has a regular control of the disease.Although the doctor also has access to this data when making reviews with the patient, the main objective of the app is that parents and relatives make sure that glucose levels have been carried out at the right time and has been administeredThe appropriate dose to those levels."At first we tried to make clear the ideas of what we wanted the application to do and see if everything we wanted could be done," says Zaballos."After an investigation period getting formulas and information on the disease we put part by the different functions of the application until the finished model was achieved."
In developed countries, type 1 diabetes mellitus is the most frequent chronic endocrinological disease in pediatric age and the second chronic disease in childhood, after asthma.With this type of patient, the idea of the "liquid hospital" takes special relevance."It refers to that hospital that goes beyond the walls of the center and that seeks to involve both professionals, family and users," says Zaballos."We firmly believe that all objectives refer to this central term and that all the objectives we wanted to achieve, have been covered in their entirety."
The application is already in full possibility of operation, but it is not yet available for the public.“We are testing it with an experimental sample.We are currently thinking of merging our application with aspects of another that occurs at the Innovation Club.This will allow us to create a more complete application, ”concludes Zaballos.
