Chomutare Taridzo, Arsand Eirik, Hartvigsen Gunnar
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011;169:48-52.
As in other domains, there has been unprecedented growth in diabetesrelated social media in the past decade. Although there is not yet enough evidence for the clinical benefits of patient-to-patient dialogue using emergent social media, patient empowerment through easier access to information has been proven to foster healthy lifestyles, and to delay or even prevent progression of secondary illnesses. In the design of diabetes-related social media, we need access to personal health data for modelling the core disease-related characteristics of the user. We discuss design aspects of mobile peer support, including acquisition of personal health data, and design artefacts for a healthcare recommender system. We also explore mentoring models as a tool for managing the transient relationships among peers with diabetes. Intermediate results suggest acquiring health data for modelling patients' health status is feasible for implementing a personalized and mobile peer-support system.
与其他领域一样，在过去十年中，与糖尿病相关的社交媒体呈前所未有的增长态势。尽管目前尚无足够证据证明利用新兴社交媒体进行患者间对话能带来临床益处，但通过更便捷地获取信息来增强患者能力已被证明有助于培养健康的生活方式，并延缓甚至预防继发性疾病的进展。在设计与糖尿病相关的社交媒体时，我们需要获取个人健康数据，以便对用户与疾病相关的核心特征进行建模。我们讨论了移动同伴支持的设计方面，包括个人健康数据的获取，以及医疗保健推荐系统的设计工件。我们还探索了指导模式，将其作为管理糖尿病同伴之间短暂关系的一种工具。中期结果表明，获取健康数据以对患者健康状况进行建模对于实施个性化移动同伴支持系统是可行的。
