Abstract
Aim:
The overall aim of the project is to improve the empowerment of the citizen in the progress of having a diabetic foot ulcer and ultimately minimize the delays between contact with healthcare professionals at clinics or at home. During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been an increased demand of home monitoring of various chronic conditions. As citizens with a diabetic foot ulcer are at increased risk of a serious COVID-19 cause, both citizens and the healthcare system have an interest in having a safe and supporting home monitoring device.
Method:
The Wound App (SårApp in Danish) has been developed as a part of the Danish HealthD360 project (www.healthd360.dk). The Wound App is for the citizen, co-designed and tested by citizens in collaboration with healthcare professionals, companies and researchers. The citizen can register a wound, take photos and report the wound size, pain, inflammation and wound fluid daily /weekly. The progress of the wound healing is visualized together with self-registered and collected data within the app. A data plugin collects numbers of steps, activity and other data from Apple Health and Google Fit. Data from municipalities and register are included as well in the data analysis of the project. The app (SårApp) is available in Google Play and App Store.
Results / Conclusion:
Results already show benefits for citizens when using the Wound App to collect and monitor information in relation to their diabetic foot ulcers on a daily basis.
The overall aim of the project is to improve the empowerment of the citizen in the progress of having a diabetic foot ulcer and ultimately minimize the delays between contact with healthcare professionals at clinics or at home. During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been an increased demand of home monitoring of various chronic conditions. As citizens with a diabetic foot ulcer are at increased risk of a serious COVID-19 cause, both citizens and the healthcare system have an interest in having a safe and supporting home monitoring device.
Method:
The Wound App (SårApp in Danish) has been developed as a part of the Danish HealthD360 project (www.healthd360.dk). The Wound App is for the citizen, co-designed and tested by citizens in collaboration with healthcare professionals, companies and researchers. The citizen can register a wound, take photos and report the wound size, pain, inflammation and wound fluid daily /weekly. The progress of the wound healing is visualized together with self-registered and collected data within the app. A data plugin collects numbers of steps, activity and other data from Apple Health and Google Fit. Data from municipalities and register are included as well in the data analysis of the project. The app (SårApp) is available in Google Play and App Store.
Results / Conclusion:
Results already show benefits for citizens when using the Wound App to collect and monitor information in relation to their diabetic foot ulcers on a daily basis.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 23 May 2022 |
| Publication status | Published - 23 May 2022 |
| Event | EWMA - Paris, France Duration: 23 May 2022 → 25 May 2022 https://ewma.org/ewma-conferences/2021/scientific |
Conference
| Conference | EWMA |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Paris |
| Period | 23/05/2022 → 25/05/2022 |
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