Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers

Ross Brown; Bernd Ploderer; Leonard Si Da Seng; Peter Lazzarini; Jaap Van Netten

doi:https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156158

Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers

Ross Brown, Bernd Ploderer, Leonard Si Da Seng, Peter Lazzarini, Jaap Van Netten

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Abstract

We present the design of MyFootCare, a mobile app to support people with diabetic foot ulcers in their self-care. Self-care is a critical component of care for people with a diabetic foot ulcer as most of their ulcer care is provided away from the clinic. To promote better self-care, we designed a mobile application 'MyFootCare' that harnesses visual analytics and self-report to provide feedback about the healing process. MyFootCare encourages people to take a photo of their ulcer with their mobile phone each time they change their wound dressing. Based on computer vision techniques, users receive graphical feedback on changes in ulcer size over time to objectively track the healing progress. Additionally, MyFootCare seeks to foster self-care through personal goals, diaries, and reminders to enact care. Feedback from three people with chronic ulcers shows that the app builds on existing practices of taking wound photos and that it is seen as useful to track progress and to facilitate dialogue with clinicians. More work is underway to evaluate the use of MyFootCare in a deeper field study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017
Editors	Margot Brereton, Dhaval Vyas, Alessandro Soro, Bernd Ploderer, Jenny Waycott, Ann Morrison
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	462-466
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450353793
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156158
Publication status	Published - 28 Nov 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017 - Brisbane, Australia Duration: 28 Nov 2017 → 1 Dec 2017

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Name	ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

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Conference	29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	28/11/2017 → 1/12/2017

Keywords

Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Mobile Devices
Personal Informatics
Self-monitoring

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Brown, R., Ploderer, B., Da Seng, L. S., Lazzarini, P., & Van Netten, J. (2017). Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. In M. Brereton, D. Vyas, A. Soro, B. Ploderer, J. Waycott, & A. Morrison (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017 (pp. 462-466). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156158

Brown, Ross ; Ploderer, Bernd ; Da Seng, Leonard Si et al. / Myfootcare : A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017. editor / Margot Brereton ; Dhaval Vyas ; Alessandro Soro ; Bernd Ploderer ; Jenny Waycott ; Ann Morrison. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. pp. 462-466 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Brown, R, Ploderer, B, Da Seng, LS, Lazzarini, P & Van Netten, J 2017, Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. in M Brereton, D Vyas, A Soro, B Ploderer, J Waycott & A Morrison (eds), Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 462-466, 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference, OzCHI 2017, Brisbane, Australia, 28/11/2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156158

Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. / Brown, Ross; Ploderer, Bernd; Da Seng, Leonard Si et al.
Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017. ed. / Margot Brereton; Dhaval Vyas; Alessandro Soro; Bernd Ploderer; Jenny Waycott; Ann Morrison. Association for Computing Machinery, 2017. p. 462-466 (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

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Brown R, Ploderer B, Da Seng LS, Lazzarini P, Van Netten J. Myfootcare: A mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. In Brereton M, Vyas D, Soro A, Ploderer B, Waycott J, Morrison A, editors, Proceedings of the 29th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Human-Nature, OzCHI 2017. Association for Computing Machinery. 2017. p. 462-466. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3152771.3156158

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