Title :
A Healthy Lifestyle Coaching-Persuasive Application for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Author :
Fico, G. ; Fioravanti, A. ; Arredondo, M.T. ; Ardigó, D. ; Guillén, A.
Author_Institution :
Lifestyle Supporting Technol. Group, Tech. Univ. of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
fDate :
Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010
Abstract :
Losing weight can be one of the toughest objectives related to diabetes treatment, especially for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. This paper describes a tool to set goals to achieve lifestyle behavioral changes, and keep track of the benefits derived from these changes. This strategy leans on the capability of evaluating users´ compliance to treatment, identifying key points where the lack of motivation causes therapy dropping, and on the better resources that physicians will have to adjust the treatments and the prescriptions.
Keywords :
Internet; biochemistry; biomedical equipment; diseases; medical computing; medical information systems; patient monitoring; patient treatment; METABO intelligent system; control panel; healthy lifestyle coaching-persuasive application; lifestyle behavioral changes; patient monitoring device; therapy; treatment; type 2 diabetes mellitus; Diabetes; Diseases; Europe; ISO standards; Medical diagnostic imaging; Monitoring; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Computer Graphics; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Equipment Design; Female; Health Promotion; Humans; Life Style; Male; Middle Aged; Motivation; Patient Compliance; Patient Education as Topic; Persuasive Communication; Software; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Buenos Aires
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626185
