Mobile Application for Diabetes Control in Qatar
Author | Alhazbi, Saleh |
Author | Alkhateeb, Moh'd |
Author | Abdi, Abdulla |
Author | Janahi, Ahmed |
Author | Daradkeh, Ghazi |
Available date | 2015-06-25T10:23:04Z |
Publication Date | 2012 |
Publication Name | 8th International Conference on Computing Technology and Information 2012 |
Citation | Alhazbi, Saleh; Alkhateeb, Moh'd; Abdi, Abdulla; Janahi, Ahmed; Daradkeh, Ghazi, "Mobile application for diabetes control in Qatar," Computing Technology and Information Management (ICCM), 2012 8th International Conference on , vol.2, no., pp.763-766, 24-26 April 2012 |
Abstract | In Qatar, the prevalence of diabetes is significantly high, therefore a lot of efforts have been made to control this epidemic. This paper presents a mobile application aims to assist diabetic people in Qatar to manage such chronic disease through glucose monitoring and diet management. Besides helping patients to log their data of glucose level and transmit them wirelessly to health care centers, more importantly, the application supports patients to manage their food consumption by providing them with advice about food items and their appropriateness to their personal conditions. The application utilizes concept of ontology to represent Qatari food items and their nutrition. |
Sponsor | Qatar National Research Fund UREP09-040-1-011 |
Language | en |
Publisher | IEEE |
Relation | Computing Technology and Information Management (ICCM), 2012 8th International Conference on (Volume 1) |
Subject | Application software--Development Diabetes--Treatment |
Type | Article |
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