diabetes: social media for empowering patients

“SOCIAL MEDIA FOR EMPOWERING PEOPLE WITH DIABETES”

PEDRO GOMEZ-GALVEZ, CRISTINA SUÁREZ MEJÍAS, AND LUIS FERNANDEZ-LUQUEINNOVATIVE METHODS AND IT TOOLS TO SUPPORT DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2

DIABETES

Luis Fernandez-Luque PhDluis.luque@norut.no @luisluqueeHealth Researcher at Norut.no

Gomez-Galvez P, Suarez Mejias C, Fernandez-Luque L. Social media for empowering people with

diabetes: Current status and future trends. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015;2015:2135-8.

doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318811.

THE INTERNET (MOBILE) BOOM

Source: Share your ink group (www.tudiabetes.org)

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GLOBAL SOCIAL MEDIA

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Most popular social media by country

3 4Social Networks

1mHealth &Wearables

2Next StepsSerious Games

& MOOCs

SOCIAL NETWORKS & PUBLIC HEALTH

Weitzman ER, Adida B, Kelemen S, Mandl KD. Sharing data for public health research by members of an international online diabetes social network. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 27;6(4):e19256. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019256.

STUDY OF STRUCTURES OF DIABETES COMMUNITIES

Chomutare T, Arsand E, Fernandez-Luque L, Lauritzen J, Hartvigsen G. Inferring community structure in healthcare forums. An empirical study. Methods Inf Med. 2013;52(2):160-7. Epub 2013 Feb 8.

3 4Social Networks

1mHealth &Wearables

2Next StepsSerious Games

& MOOCs

BOOM OF APPS

https://www.socialdiabetes.com

• Boom of apps:• +775,000 Apps (2013).• +3000 Health Apps iPhone

(2011, English)• Hundreds of apps of diabetes

WEARABLES & GADGETS

Paciente Activo, Sevilla 2014

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GAMIFIED APPS

WEARABLES

E. Arsand, M. Muzny, M. Bradway, J. Muzik, and G. Hartvigsen,“Performance of the First Combined Smartwatch and SmartphoneDiabetes Diary Application Study,” J. Diabetes Sci. Technol., Jan.2015.

3 4Social Networks

1mHealth &Wearables

2Next StepsSerious Games

& MOOCs

GAMES FOR DIABETES II

https://apps.facebook.com/healthseeker/

MOOCS FOR DIABETES

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2Next StepsSerious Games

& MOOCs

DISCUSSION◆ Lack of personalization: stand alone apps and social

media can be integrated with EHR/PHR to empower patients.

◆ Apps and Social Media can be a source of data about health bahaviour and health problems.

◆ Need of Digital Health Literacy to reduce user errors and privacy risks.

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Cite as:Gomez-Galvez P, Suarez Mejias C, Fernandez-Luque L. Social media for empowering people with diabetes: Current status and

future trends. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015;2015:2135-8. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318811.