Android-Based Lifestyle Management Application for Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Application; Android; Diabetes Mellitus; Blood Glucose; Selfcare Glucose Management

Authors

  • Usman Umar Department of Electro-medical Technology, Muhammadiyah Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia
  • Roby Tristiantoro Department of Electro-medical Technology, Muhammadiyah Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia
  • Risnawaty Alyah Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sawerigading University Makassar, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Ridhwan Department of Electro-medical Technology, Muhammadiyah Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia
April 13, 2024
April 15, 2024

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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type-2 is a chronic disease that occurs due to uncontrolled blood glucose levels in the body. Uncontrolled glucose levels in people with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus can cause various kinds of complications, therefore this research aims to create an Android application that can help people with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in controlling blood glucose levels. This application creation method includes the stages of preparation and application creation by conducting previous literature studies, which produce a theoretical model. The result of this research is a lifestyle management application for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients called Selfcare Glucose Management (SCGM), which has 4 kinds of features, including a feature that can calculate daily calorie needs by displaying various types of food with a predetermined weight and number of calories, an alarm feature that functions to remind patients to take medication and inject insulin, a physical activity training feature and a feature that contains educational material about Diabetes Mellitus. This application has been tested using application measurement methods in the form of repeated manual calculations or calibration and obtained results that match the expected values. It is hoped that this application can be developed to be more interactive and communicative in its use.