Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers

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Developing Advanced Technology Services for Diabetes Management: User Preferences in Europe

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_10,
        author={Angelina Kouroubali and Franco Chiarugi},
        title={Developing Advanced Technology Services for Diabetes Management: User Preferences in Europe},
        proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2011, Kos Island, Greece, October 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Focus groups diabetes management user preferences},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_10}
    }
    
  • Angelina Kouroubali
    Franco Chiarugi
    Year: 2012
    Developing Advanced Technology Services for Diabetes Management: User Preferences in Europe
    MOBIHEALTH
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29734-2_10
Angelina Kouroubali1,*, Franco Chiarugi1,*
  • 1: Institute of Computer Science, Foundation for Research & Technology-Hellas
*Contact email: kouroub@ics.forth.gr, chiarugi@ics.forth.gr

Abstract

This paper analyzes the methodology and preliminary results of four focus groups conducted for the diabetes project Reaction, a four year European project that aims to develop an intelligent service platform for remote monitoring of glucose levels with diabetes management and therapy to patients in different healthcare regimes across Europe. The focus groups aimed to investigate opinions, concerns, issues and ideas about management of disease, technology services, privacy and confidentiality of people involved with diabetes. The focus groups were conducted in four different European countries to assist in the user centric design of the services to reach beyond the boundaries of the project.