Smartphone Apps for Diabetes Chris Cheyette BSc MSc RD Senior Diabetes Dietitian (Kings College Hospital) Author Carbs & Cals

Global mobile health market report report report

More than 100,000 iPhone Apps released on iTunes store Over 6000 health /medical related Apps Largest cohort users is aged Can they help behavior change? Can they improve clinical outcomes? Can they engage the ‘hard to reach’ Which apps should we recommend?

What makes a good quality app? Who is it made by? Is it evidence based? Has the content been reviewed? Does it cross the line to being a medical device? Draft US FDA guidelines

Rao et al. Journal of diabetes science and technology. 2010;4(4) Rao et al evaluated 3 diabetes apps (n=23) WaveSense Diabetes Manager only app developed by BG meter company on App store Examined self-reported ease of use but no clinical outcomes Highlighted limitations to apps: require manual entry of BG results, lack of features to help with calculating insulin based on CHO intake Apps need to keep up with developments in BG meters Diabetes Management

Cost: £1.49 Pros: Easy to set up, can reduce dose for exercise, CHO in grams or exchanges, mmol/l or mg/dl Cons: No active insulin consideration, no storage of BG levels, no CHO database

Cost: £5.49 Pros: Lots of settings, graph, stores results, insulin on board, accounts for alcohol / hypo in last 6hrs Cons: Users may find difficult to set up, max of 20 CPs, no carb database, cost

Cost: Free Pros: Easy to use for logging BG levels, add doctor appointments / details / medical info, graph Cons: No scroll wheels, no dose calculator, no units on graph, no carb database

Cost: Free Pros: Integrates with calorie track, forum, graph, log BG, activity, insulin Cons: display, adverts, poor graph display

Cost: £1.99 Pros: Easy to use, scroll wheels, graph, time of day averages Cons: no CHO database, no bolus calculator, no log for exercise

Cost: Free Pros: CP database, BG diary, links with DAFNE online, iPhone & Android, no scroll wheel Cons: No graph, may not be suitable for non DAFNE graduates, no bolus calculator

Cost: £3.99 Pros: Unique photographic database of foods, iPhone & Android (Blackberry very soon), growing database including branded foods, set up targets, log exercise New features coming very soon include: recipe builder, barcode scanner, diabetes area, bolus advisor, USA database

Cost: Free Pros: Large food database, barcode scanner, recipe builder, log exercise Cons: Primarily a weight loss app, ease of use, no diabetes area

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