Ilias Lamprinos|Hans Demski|Sarah Mantwill|Yildiray Kabak|Claudia Hildebrand|Manuela Ploessnig
Modular ICT-based patient empowerment framework for self-management of diabetes: Design perspectives and validation results
Intracom Telecom (Greece)|Helmholtz Zentrum München|Università della Svizzera italiana|Middle East Technical University|ODTÜ Teknokent (Turkey)|Helmholtz Zentrum München|University of Salzburg
estimated 382 million people suffer diabetes across globe age 40 59 years ict play key role better management diabetes patient empowerment patient empowerment involves patients greater extent healthcare process disease management becomes integrated part daily life selfmanagement opens possibility patients contribute healthcare well control disease objective study explore impact ictbased patient empowerment framework diabetes selfmanagement modular patient empowerment framework fosters diabetes selfmanagement designed implemented framework incorporates expert knowledge form clinical guidelines supports patients specification personalized activities based medical recommendations personal goals collection observations daily living usability usefulness proposed framework assessed pilot study participation 60 patients 12 health professionals study revealed patient empowerment approach based selfmanagement ict tools useful accepted patients physicians patients already disciplined disease management piloted solution served facilitator data logging rest served incentive better adherence disease management principles ict tools prompted many patients becoming physically active making dietary habits adjustments however impact proved tightly correlated sociocultural background subjects study also demonstrated even patientcentric selfmanagement interventions physicians still key role play however acceptance interventions healthcare professionals depends level impact patients disease management also level impact workflow evident patient empowerment approach based selfmanagement ict tools useful accepted patients physicians clear indications ict frameworks one presented paper support patients behavioral changes better disease management finally realized selfmanagement solutions built around objective educate guide patients disease selfmanagement also assist exploring decision space provide insight explanations impact values decision