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Self-management tools for people with diabetes

Self-management for people with diabetes

Program manager:
Professor Eirik Årsand (UiT/NSE,UNN)

Current Program members:
Research scholar Andre Henriksen (UiT)
BSW MD PhD Anne Helen Hansen (UNN/UiT)
Research Scholar Ashenafi Zebene Woldaregay (UiT)
Research Scholar Pietro Randine (UiT, NSE/UNN)
Research Scholar Meghan Bradway (NSE,UNN/UiT)
Research scholar
 Anna Holubová (Department of ICT in Medicine, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Professor Gunnar Hartvigsen (UiT)
Professor Keiichi Sato (IIT, Chicago)
Postdoc Elia Gabarron (NSE,UNN)
Dr. Antonio Martinez Millana (UPV, Valencia, Spain)
MBA Astrid Grøttland (NSE,UNN)
Researcher Miroslaw Muzny (UNN)
Advisor Dillys Larbi (NSE/UNN)

MSc students:
MSc Student Madhu Koirala (UiT

 

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Årsand, E., Olsen, O.-A., Varmedal, R., Mortensen, W., Hartvigsen, G. A System for Monitoring Physical Activity Data Among People with Type 2 Diabetes.  Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2008;136:113–118. PMID: 18487717
  2. Botsis, T., Hejlesen, O., Bellika, J.G., Hartvigsen, G. Electronic disease surveillance for sensitive population groups – The diabetics case study. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2008;136: 365–370. PMID: 18487758
  3. Botsis, T., Demiris, G., Pedersen, S., Hartvigsen, G. Home telecare technologies for elderly. Journal and telemedicine and telecare2008;14(7): 333–337. PMID: 18852311
  4. Hartvigsen, G., Årsand, E., Botsis, T., van Vuurden, K., Johansen, M., Bellika, J.G. (2009). Reusing Patient Data to Enhance Patient Empowerment and Electronic Disease Surveillance. The Journal on Information Technology in Healthcare, 7, Issue: 1 (February 2009), pp. 4–12.
  5. Botsis, T., Walderhaug, S., Dias, A., Vuurden, K. van, Bellika, J.G., Hartvigsen, G. Point-of-care devices for healthy consumers – a feasibility study. Journal and telemedicine and telecare 2009; 15(8): 419–420. PMID: 19948710
  6. Årsand, E., Tatara, N., Østengen, G., Hartvigsen, G. Mobile-Phone-based Self-Management Tools for Type 2 Diabetes – The Few Touch Application. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, 2010, Vol. 4, No. 2, March, 328–336. PMID: 20307393
  7. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Mobile Peer Support in Diabetes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011;169: 48–52. PMID: 21893712
  8. Lee, E., Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G., Review of Mobile Terminal-Based Tools for Diabetes Diet Management. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2011;169: 23–27. PMID: 21893707
  9. Chomutare, T., Fernandez-Luque, L., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Features of Mobile Diabetes Applications: Review of the Literature and Analysis of Current Applications Compared Against Evidence-Based Guidelines. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2011, (Sep 22), 13(3):e65. PMID: 21979293
  10. Hartvigsen, G., Årsand, E., Hejlesen, O.K., Nesbitt, T. Could mobile diabetes management systems revolutionize patient care? Diabetes Management, May 2012, 2(3), 181–183. (ISSN 1758-1907)
  11. Årsand, E., Frøisland, D.H., Skrøvseth, S.O., Chomutare, T., Tatara, N., Hartvigsen, G., Tufano, J.T. Mobile Health Applications to Assist Patients with Diabetes: Lessons Learned and Design Implications. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology, September 2012, 6(5), 1197–1206. PMID: 23063047
  12. Skrøvseth, S.O., Årsand, E., Godtliebsen, F., Hartvigsen, G. Mobile-Phone-Based Pattern Recognition and Data Analysis for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 2012:14(12), 1098–1104. PMID: 23035775
  13. Rusin, M., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Functionalities and input methods for recording food intake: A systematic review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2013, 82(8), 653–664. PMID: 23415822
  14. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Fernandez-Luque, L., Lauritzen, J., Hartvigsen, G. Inferring Community Structure in Healthcare Forums: an Empirical Study. Methods of Information in Medicine, 2013;52(2), 160–167. PMID: 23392282
  15. Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Skrøvseth, S.O., Hartvigsen, G. Long-Term Engagement with a Mobile Self-Management System for People with Type 2 Diabetes. Journal of Medical Internet Research mhealth and uhealth, 2013; 1(1):e1. PMID: 25100649
  16. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Characterizing development patterns of health-care social networks. Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, September 2013, 2(3), 147–157. DOI: 10.1007/s13721-013-0033-y
  17. Chomutare, T., Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Designing a diabetes mobile application with social network support. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2013;188: 58–64. PMID: 23823289
  18. Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Bratteteig, T., Hartvigsen, G. Usage and Perceptions of a Mobile Self-Management Application for People with Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Study of a five-month Trial. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2013;192:127–31. PMID: 23920529
  19. Årsand, E., Muzny, M., Bradway, M., Muzik, J., Hartvigsen, G. Performance of the first Combined Smartwatch to Smartphone Diabetes Diary Application Study. Diabetes Science and Technology Journal 2015, May;9(3):556–63. PMID: 25591859.
  20. Issom, D-Z., Woldaregay, A.Z., Chomutare, T., Bradway, M., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Mobile applications for people with diabetes published between 2010 and 2015. Diabetes Management, (Nov 2015) Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 539–550.
  21. Chomutare, T., Johansen, S-G., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Serious Game Co-design for Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2016;226:83–6. PMID: 27350472
  22. Chomutare, T., Johansen, S-G., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Play and Learn: Developing a Social Game for Children with Diabetes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2016;226:55–8. PMID: 27350465
  23. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Effectiveness of an Internet Community for Severely Obese Women. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2016;225:597–601. PMID: 27332271
  24. Woldaregay, A.Z., Årsand, E., Botsis, T., Hartvigsen, G. An Early Infectious Disease Outbreak Detection Mechanism Based on Self-Recorded Data from People with Diabetes. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2017;245:619–623. PMID: 29295170
  25. Rønningen, I.C., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Exploring In-Game Reward Mechanisms in Diaquarium – A Serious Game for Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI) (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science). 2018, Vol. 10814, pp. 443-455. (ISSN 0302-9743)
  26. Woldaregay, A.Z., Issom, D.-Z., Henriksen, A., Marttila, H., Mikalsen, M., Pfuhl, G., Sato, K., Lovis, C., Hartvigsen, G. Motivational Factors for User Engagement with mHealth Apps. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2018;249:151–157. PMID: 29866972
  27. Giordanengo, A., Øzturk, P., Hansen, A.H., Årsand, E., Grøttland, A., Hartvigsen, G. Design and Development of a Context-Aware Knowledge-Based Module for Identifying Relevant Information and Information Gaps in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Self-Collected Health Data. JMIR Diabetes 2018;3(3):e10431. PMID: 30291097
  28. Martinez-Millana, A., Palacios,J., Fernandez-Llatas, C., Hartvigsen, G., Traver Salcedo, V. App Features for Type 1 Diabetes Support and Patient Empowerment: Systematic Literature Review and Scoping App Benchmark Comparison. JMIR Mhealth and Uhealth 2018;6(11):e12237. PMID: 30463839
  29. Woldaregay, A.Z., Årsand,, Botsis, T., Albers, D., Mamykina, L., Hartvigsen, G. Data Driven Blood Glucose Pattern Classification and Anomalies Detection: Machine Learning Applications in Type 1 Diabetes. J Med Internet Res 2019;21(5):e11030. PMID:31042157
  30. Giordanengo, A., Årsand, E., Woldaregay, A.Z., Bradway, M., Grøttland, A., Hartvigsen, G., Granja, C., Torsvik, T., Hansen, A.H. Design and Prestudy Assessment of a Dashboard for Presenting Self-Collected Health Data of Patients With Diabetes to Clinicians: Iterative Apporach and Qualitative Case Study. JMIR Diabetes 2019;4(3):e14002. PMID:31290396
  31. Woldaregay, A.Z., Årsand,, Walderhaug, S., Albers, D., Mamykina, L., Botsis, T., Hartvigsen, G. Data-driven modelling and prediction of blood glucose dynamics: Machine learning applications in type 1 diabetes. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2019;98(July): 109-134. PMID: 31383477
  32. Muzny, M., Henriksen, A., Giordanengo, A., Muzik, J., Grøttland, A., Blixgård, H., Hartvigsen, G., Årsand, E. Wearable sensors with possibilities for data exchange: Analyzing status and needs of different actors in mobile health monitoring systems. Accepted by International Journal of Medical Informatics 2020;133(January):1-8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.104017

International Conference Papers (In Proceedings)

  1. Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. A wearable eHealth system for people with Type 2 diabetes. Proceedings of SHI 2005 (Aalborg, Denmark, 25–26 August 2005). Virtual Centre for Health Informatics, Aalborg Universitet, pp. 82–85. (ISBN 87-986264-5-0)
  2. Årsand, E., Varmedal, R., Hartvigsen, G. Usability of a Mobile Self-Help Tool for People with Diabetes: the Easy Health Diary. The third annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2007), (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 22–25 September 2007). IEEE Press, pp. 863–868 (ISBN 978-1-4244-1154-2)
  3. Årsand, E., Andersson, N., Hartvigsen, G. No-touch wireless transfer of blood glucose sensor data. COGnitive systems with Interactive Sensors 2007 (COGIS ’07) (Stanford University, USA, 26–27 November 2007). Paris: S.E.E. (Société de l’Electricité, de l’Electronique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication).
  4. Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Nilsen, H., Hartvigsen, G. A Review of Mobile Terminal-Based Applications for Self-Management of Patients with Diabetes. Proceedings of International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2009). IEEE Computer Society, 2009, pp. 166–175. (ISBN 978-0-7695-3532-6)
  5. Tatara, N., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G., Patient-user involvement for designing a self-help tool for Type 2 diabetes. In: Olav W. Bertelsen, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Kristina Höök, Madeline Balaam, Erik Grönvall (Eds.), Proceedings of Therapeutic Strategies – a Challenge for User Involvement in Design. Workshop in conjunction with NordiCHI 2010, 17 October 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland. Technical Report DAIMI PB – 532, University of Aarhus, Computer Science Department, December 2010. (ISSN 0105-8517)
  6. Lauritzen, J., Årsand, E., Van Vuurden, K., Bellika, J.G., Hejlesen, O.K, Hartvigsen, G. Towards a Mobile Solution for Predicting Illness in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus 2nd International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems :: Wireless VITAE 2011 (28 February – 3 March 2011, Chennai, India). IEEE Press. (ISBN 978-1-4577-0786-5)
  7. Lauritzen, J., Årsand, E., Horsch, A., Fernandez-Luque, L., Chomutare, T., Bellika, J.G., Hejlesen, O., Hartvigsen, G. Social Media and Games as Self-Management Tools for Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. In: Conchon, E., Correia, C., Fred, A., Gamboa, H. (Eds.), Proceedings of HEALTHINF 2012 – International Conference on Health Informatics. (Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 1–4 February 2012). SciTePress, pp. 459–466. (ISBN 978-989-8425-88-1) (DOI: 10.5220/0003874104590466)
  8. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Temporal Community Structure Patterns in Diabetes Social Networks. Proceeding of the International Symposium on Network Enabled Health Informatics, Biomedicine and Bioinformatics (HI-BI-BI 2012), (27–28 August 2012, Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey). IEEE Computer Society, pp. 745–750. (ISBN 978-0-7695-4799-2)
  9. Lee, E., Årsand, E., Choi, Y-H., Østengen, G., Sato, K., Hartvigsen, G. Prototyping a Diet Self-management System for People with Diabetes with Cultural Adaptable User Interface Design. In: Moe, C-E., Fossum, M. (Eds.). “Proceedings from Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics. 21–22 August 2014, Grimstad, Norway.” Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 102. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2014, pp. 91–98. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print) ISSN: 1650-3740 (online)ISBN: 978-91-7519-241-3)
  10. Agafonov, A., Blixgård, H., Makhlysheva, A., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Diabetes Automata: Software Engine for Blood Glucose Level Simulation. In: Granja, C., Budrionis, A. (Eds.). “SHI 2015. Proceedings of the 13th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics”. (15–17 June 2015, Tromsø, Norge). Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 115. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2015, pp. 47–54. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print) ISSN: 1650-3740 (online) ISBN: 978-91-7685-985-8)
  11. Holubová, A., Bradway, M., Årsand, E., Hallgren, D., Hartvigsen, G., Do mobile medical apps need to follow European and US regulations or not: decisions exemplified by diabetes management app. In: Granja, C., Budrionis, A. (Eds.). “SHI 2015. Proceedings of the 13th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics”. (15–17 June 2015, Tromsø, Norge). Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 115. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2015, pp. 55–62. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print) ISSN: 1650-3740 (online) ISBN: 978-91-7685-985-8)
  12. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Diabetes Group Education versus Individual Counselling: Review of Conflicting Evidence. In: Granja, C., Budrionis, A. (Eds.). “SHI 2015. Proceedings of the 13th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics”. (15–17 June 2015, Tromsø, Norge). Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 115.  Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2015, pp. 93–97. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print) ISSN: 1650-3740 (online) ISBN: 978-91-7685-985-8)
  13. Chomutare, T., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Mining Symptoms of Severe Mood Disorders in Large Internet Communities. In: Traina, C. jr., Rodrigues, P.P., Kane, B., Azevedo Marques, P.M. de, Traina, A.J.M. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (22–25 June, São Carlos and Ribeirão Preto, Brazil). Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press. pp. 214–219. (ISBN 978-1-4673-6775-2) (ISSN 2372-9198) DOI 10.1109/CBMS.2015.36
  14. Bradway, M., Ribu, L., Hartvigsen, G., Årsand, E. The evolution of clinicians’ preparedness for mHealth use (2013-2017) and current barriers. In: Bygholm, A., Pape-Haugaard, L., Niss, K., Hejlesen, O., Zhou, C. (Eds.). Proceedings from the 16th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics 2018. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 151. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2018, pp. 45-50. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print)
 ISSN: 1650-3740 (online)
 ISBN: 978-91-7685-213-2)
  15. Johansen, S-G., Årsand, , Hartvigsen, G. Making computer games that can teach children with type 1 diabetes in rural areas how to manage their condition. In: Bygholm, A., Pape-Haugaard, L., Niss, K., Hejlesen, O., Zhou, C. (Eds.). Proceedings from the 16thScandinavian Conference on Health Informatics 2018. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 151. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2018, pp. 7-10. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print)
 ISSN: 1650-3740 (online) ISBN: 978-91-7685-213-2)
  16. Giordanengo, A., Årsand, E., Grøttland, A., Bradway, M., Hartvigsen, G. Acceptance Barriers of Using Patients’ Self-Collected Health Data During Medical Consultation. In: Granja, C., Solvoll, T. (Eds.). SHI 2019: Proceedings of the 17th Scandinavian Conference on Health Informatics. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, No. 161. Linköping, Sweden: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2019, pp. 50-55. (ISSN: 1650-3686 (print) eISSN: 1650-3740 (online) ISBN: 978-91-7929-957-6)

Books

  1. Hartvigsen, G., Pedersen, S. Lessons learned from 25 years with telemedicine in Northern Norway. NST-rapportserienummer: 06-2015. Publisher: Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway. P.O. Box 35, N-9038 Tromsø, NORWAY. 405 pages. (ISBN: 978-82-8242-053-2)
    The book is freely available on the Internet and can be downloaded from:
    http://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/8967
  2. Hartvigsen, G., Pedersen, S. Телемедицина в Северной Норвегии: Уроки 25 лет развития. Russian translation of: “Lessons learned from 25 years with telemedicine in Northern Norway”. 438 pages. (ISBN: 978-82-8242-075-4)
    The Russian version of the book can be downloaded from: https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/11269

Book Chapters

  1. Årsand, E., Tatara, N., Hartvigsen, G. Wireless and Mobile Technologies Improving Diabetes Self-Management. Handbook of Research on Mobility and Computing: Evolving Technologies and Ubiquitous Impacts.  Edited by Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha & Fernando Moreira.  IGI Global, 2011. pp. 136-156. (ISBN-10: 1609600428; ISBN-13: 978-1609600426)
  2. Makhlysheva, A., Årsand, E., Hartvigsen, G. Review of Serious Games for People with Diabetes. In: Novak, D., Tulu, B., Brendryen, H. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice. 412-447). Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. (DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9522-1.ch019) (ISBN13: 9781466695221)
  3. Årsand, E., Grøttland, A., Østengen, G., Hartvigsen, G., 17 years of diabetes research using e-health (“17 år med diabetesforskning ved bruk av e-helse”). In: Glomstad, A.E.K., Spilling, T.G., Kristiansen, T. (Eds.), “The history of diabetes: Research, prgrass and association 1948-2018” (“Historien om diabetes: forskning, framskritt og forbund 1948-2018”), Oslo: Diabetesforbundet (2018). (Book chapter related to the celebration of Diabetesforbundet 75 years anniversary) (ISBN: 978-82-90472-20-2)

Norwegian Journals

  1. Årsand, E., Rotvold, G.-H., Hartvigsen, G., Grøttland, A. Research on technology and diabetes – an long story (“Forskning på teknologi og diabetes – en lang historie”). DIABETESFAG, No. 1, February 2019, 24-28.

Norwegian Conferences (Papers)

  1. Årsand, E., Chomutare, T., Makhlysheva, A., Hartvigsen, G. Self-management tools for children and adolescents with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. (“Selvhjelpsverktøy for barn og ungdom med diabetes i lav- og mellominntektsland”). In: “Visjon 2030 Artikkelbidrag”, Web-kompendium made for the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utenriksdepartementet), Kunnskapsdepartementet og Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet av Norad i samarbeid med Helsedirektoratet, Utdanningsdirektoratet og Innovasjon Norge, pp. 208-209.
  2. Årsand, E., Chomutare, T., Hartvigsen, G. Self-management systems for treatment of people with diabetes in developing countries. (“Selvhjelpssystemer for behandling av personer med diabetes i utviklingsland”). In: “Visjon 2030 Artikkelbidrag”, Web-compendium made for Utenriksdepartementet, Kunnskapsdepartementet og Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet av Norad i samarbeid med Helsedirektoratet, Utdanningsdirektoratet and Innovasjon Norge, pp. 100-101.
  3. Årsand, E., Chomutare, T., Makhlysheva, A., Hartvigsen, G. Self-management tools for children and adolescents with diabetes in low- and middle-income countries. (“Selvhjelpssystemer for barn og ungdom med diabetes i lav- og mellominntektsland”). In: “Visjon 2030 Et utvalg innovative løsninger”, Utenriksdepartementet, Kunnskapsdepartementet og Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet av Norad i samarbeid med Helsedirektoratet, Utdanningsdirektoratet og Innovasjon Norge, pp. 58-59.

 

 

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