A mobile phone SMS-based system for diabetes self management

الملخص EN

This paper presents a mobile phone SMS-based system for self management of Diabetes.

The system is designed to be a long term health companion for patients with diabetes, ft allows the patients to get connected to their physician constantly.

Through the exchange of SMS messages the patients send their insulin measurements, insulin intake and other data to the physician making continuous health monitoring possible.

Based on the data sent, return SMS messages can be sent to motivate patients or to remind them of activities such as exercise and health care appointments.

Offline mobile phone multimedia educational module is also included in the system.

The system was tested in a clinic for a period of two weeks and results demonstrated both patient and physician satisfaction with the system.