MoPAD: Mobile Planning and Assessment for Diabetes

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的重点是研究建立开发MoPAD的可行性，MoPAD是一种糖尿病患者移动计划和评估设备，是一种手持（但独立于平台）以患者为中心的糖尿病（DM）管理工具。MoPAD将血糖测量结果与其他行为数据相结合，提供个性化的糖尿病管理信息，这些信息是可操作的，即关注患者在当前情况下应该/不应该采取什么行动。这些个性化和以行为为重点的特征使MoPAD超越了目前仅提供“电子日记”数据记录和数据分析的设备，而没有与行为影响联系。更重要的是，研究表明，这些特征将提高患者在自己的糖尿病管理中理解和利用信息的能力。第一阶段的研究旨在解决建立mopad的两个研究挑战。第一个挑战是设计一个可用的、可获得的、适应性强的MoPAD接口和交互方案，并为患者提供可操作的信息。研究者组织开发的认知工程方法将用于识别需求并将其转化为界面设计。第二个挑战是以独立于设备的方式开发MoPAD，以弥补手持设备市场的严重分裂和快速发展。将申请人组织开发的跨平台用户界面技术用于其他远程医疗应用程序的重用作为解决该问题的一种方法进行探索。MoPAD开发的工程问题也将在工程和建筑分析中得到解决。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal focuses on research to establish the feasibility of developing MoPAD, a Mobile Planning and Assessment device for Diabetics that is a hand-held (but platform independent) patient-centric tool for management of Diabetes Mellitus (DM). MoPAD combines glucometry results with other behavioral data to provide personalized delivery of DM management information that is actionable, i.e., focused on how what actions the patient should/should not take in the current context. These personalized and behaviorally focused characteristics move MoPAD a generation beyond current devices which provide only 'electronic diary' data-logging and data analysis without linkage to behavioral implications. More importantly, research suggests that these features will increase the patient's ability to understand and utilize the information in their own DM management. Phase I research is designed to address two research challenges to establishing MoPADs. The first challenge is designing a MoPAD interface and interaction scheme that will be usable, earnable, adaptable, and provide actionable information to the patient. Cognitive engineering methods developed at the investigator's organization will be used to identify requirements and translate them into an interface design. The second challenge is developing the MoPAD in a device-independent manner to compensate for the great fragmentation and rapid evolution in the hand-held device market. Reuse of cross-platform user interface technology developed by the applicant organization for other telemedicine applications will be explored as an approach to this problem. The engineering issues of MoPAD development will also be address in an engineering and architectural analysis.