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Smart Device Applications and online resources for better diabetes management

Aim

Provide information on useful and reliable online resources and smart device applications for diabetes self management

The catalogue provides

• Information on appropriate smart device applications/apps and online resources to be used in education and self management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

The catalogue is for

• Health professionals dealing with diabetes patients

• People with type 1 & type 2 diabetes, pre diabetes

• General public wanting to seek information about diabetes and healthy life style changes

Smart Device Applications for diabetes

Calorie King

Easy Diet Diary

Traffic light guide

Bupa FoodSwitch

MyFitnessPal

Carbs and Cals

Smart Device Applications specifically for Type 1 Diabetes

iBGStar

Insulin Pro

Rapid Calc

Glucose Buddy

Online resources for type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Australian Diabetes Council

Calorie King

Diabetes ACT

Black Dog Institute

National Heart Foundation

Beyond Blue website

Smart Device Applications for diabetes

| |Calorie King App |

|Overview |Provides search function to check calories, carbohydrates and fat content of over 22000 |

| |Australian foods |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch |

|Cost |Free |

|Source |Reliable-Facilitated by registered dietitians. |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website |.au |

|Instructions to use |Not provided |

|Suitability for users |Suitable for users of all abilities |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian foods and values |

|Email/print data |No |

|Disclaimer provided |No |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Provides search function to check calories, carbohydrates and fat content of over 22000 |

| |Australian foods |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Provides limited features under the topic covered. Recommend to use in |

| |conjunction with other apps/resources. |

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|Easy Diet Diary App |

|Overview |Helps to track your energy intake, weight and exercise |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch |

|Cost |Free |

|Source |Reliable-Developed by Xyris soft ware (Developers of FoodWorks). |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website |Not available |

|Instructions to use |Not provided |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian foods and values |

|Email/print data |Allows data to be emailed for health professional review |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change, Diet related health condition, Exercise, Psychological|

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Recognised nutrition data base of over 50000 Australian food |

| |Meal recording |

| |Barcode scanner to enter foods quickly |

| |Calculates user energy requirements |

| |Tracks Kilojoules over time |

| |Provides online tutorials |

| |Psychological |

| |Connections to other users via social media and email |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Goal setting features that are measurable (Energy and weight) |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Diet related health condition |

| |Tracks total fat, saturated fat, total carbohydrates, sugars & sodium |

| |Tracks progress on energy and weight chart |

| |Exercise |

| |Tracks energy spent during exercise |

| |Able to choose & enter over 400 exercise |

|Assessment |Appropriate. May need to be used in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

| |Traffic Light Guide App |

|Overview |Provides carbohydrate content of food in exchanges and grams |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android, Black Berry |

|Cost |$ 9.49 |

|Source |Reliable-Developed by Diabetes Education Centre and Paediatric Endocrine Service, Royal North |

| |Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia. |

|Upgraded |More than 6 months ago (30.05.2013) |

|Website |.au |

|Instructions to use |Provides detailed instructions |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian foods and values |

|Email/print data |No/Don’t know |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Recognised nutrition data base of over 2000 Australian foods |

| |Meal recording |

| |Meal planning options |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

|Bupa FoodSwitch App |

|Overview |Helps to select healthier food choices using traffic light rating system |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android & Blackberry |

|Cost |Free |

|Source |Reliable- The George Institute for Global Health & Bupa. |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website |.au |

|Instructions to use |Provides frequently asked questions section |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian foods and values |

|Email/print data |Allows data to be emailed |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Psychological, Behaviour change, Diet related health condition |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Recognised nutrition data base that has 90% of packaged foods in most major Australian |

| |grocery stores |

| |Barcode scanner to enter foods quickly |

| |Label reading assistance |

| |Psychological |

| |Connections to other users via social media and email |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change by providing healthier alternatives |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Diet related health condition |

| |Colour coded ratings for total fat, saturated fat, sugar & salt |

| |Assistance with selecting low salt & gluten free food |

|Assessment |Appropriate. May need to be used in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

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|MyFitnessPal App |

|Overview |Helps to track your energy intake, weight and exercise |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android & |

| |BlackBlackberry |

|Cost |Free |

|Source |Not Known |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website | |

|Instructions to use |Provides frequently asked questions section |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Some features. Provides serving sizes in ounces for some foods. |

|Email/print data |Allows data to be emailed |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Psychological, Behaviour change, Exercise |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Meal recording options |

| |Barcode scanner to enter foods quickly |

| |Calculates user energy requirements |

| |Tracks Kilojoules over the time |

| |Video tutorials |

| |Psychological |

| |Connections to other users via social media & email |

| |Behaviour change |

|Goal setting features that are measurable |

|Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

|Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

|Exercise |

|Tracks energy spent during exercise |

|Multiple types of exercise to be entered |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other |

| |apps/resources. However, this app does not have a recognised |

| |nutrition data base. Food data base contains some information |

| |entered by MyFitnessPal members and does not guarantee the |

| |accuracy and completeness. |

|Carbs & Cals App |

|Overview |Helps to track your energy intake and exercise and provides photos of portion sizes. |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android & Blackberry |

|Cost |$ 3.99 |

|Source |Reliable, Developed by a diabetes specialist dietitian. |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website | |

|Instructions to use |Not provided |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |No, nutrition data base does not contain common Australian foods |

|Email/print data |No |

|Disclaimer provided |No |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change, Exercise |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Recognised nutrition data base with photos (UK,USA), but not common Australian foods |

| |Meal recording |

| |Calculates user energy requirements |

| |Tracks kilojoules & nutrients over the time |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Goal setting feature that is measurable (Energy, Exercise) |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Exercise |

| |Tracks energy spent during exercise |

| |Multiple types of exercise to be entered |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other apps/resources. However, |

| |nutrition data base does not contain common Australian foods which is a major limitation of |

| |this app. |

Applications for type 1 diabetes

|iBGStar App |

|Overview |Allows for easy recording of BGLs, insulin and carbohydrate intake with additional notes. |

| |Blood glucose readings will immediately and automatically be transferred from blood glucose |

| |meter to your app if you have a compatible device |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch |

|Cost |Free |

|Source |Reliable, Developed by Sanofi-Aventis which is a recognised global health care provider |

| |organisation. |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website | |

|Instructions to use |Provides detailed instructions |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian values |

|Email/print data |Allows user to email data to a health professional with results viewed via a graph or log book |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change, Diabetes content |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |Carbohydrates recording (g) |

| |Tracks glucose/carbohydrate/insulin over the time |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Diabetes content |

| |Insulin monitoring |

| |Allows to enter multiple types of insulin |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

|Overview |Quick interactive tool to calculate rapid acting insulin dose. Does not log data. |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android |

|Cost |$ 1.99 |

|Source |Unsure reliability- No information available about the developer. |

|Upgraded |More than 6 months ago (20.08.2010) |

|Website |apps. |

|Instructions to use |Not provided |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian values |

|Email/print data |No |

|Disclaimer provided |No |

|Topics cover |Behaviour change, Diabetes content |

|Features |Behaviour change |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Diabetes content |

| |Insulin dose calculation |

| |Has alarms/ reminders |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

Insulin Pro

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|Rapid Calc |

|Overview |Quick interactive tool to calculate rapid acting insulin doses, record basal insulin doses and |

| |manage blood glucose levels |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch |

|Cost |$ 7.99 |

|Source |Reliable- Developed with the consultation of credentialled diabetes educators. |

|Upgraded |In the last 6 months |

|Website |rapidcalc |

|Instructions to use |Provides detailed instructions |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian values |

|Email/print data |Allows user to email the records to a health professional |

|Disclaimer provided |Yes |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change, Diabetes content |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |carbohydrates recording (exchanges) |

| |Tracks glucose/carbohydrate/insulin over the time |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Diabetes content |

| |Insulin dose calculation |

| |Allows to set alarms/ reminders |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other resources/apps. |

|Glucose Buddy App |

|Overview |Allows for recording of BGLs, insulin, carbohydrate intake and activities |

|Available platform/s |iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android |

|Cost |Free, Need to pay for full version |

|Source |Unsure reliability- No involvement of recognised health care professionals/organisations. |

|Upgraded |More than 6 months ago (04.10.2012) |

|Website | |

|Instructions to use |Not provided |

|Suitability for users |Requires some assistance and training |

|Suitability for Australia |Uses Australian values |

|Email/print data |Allows user to email the records to a health professional |

|Disclaimer provided |No |

|Topics cover |Nutrition Education, Behaviour change, Diabetes content |

|Features |Nutrition Education |

| |carbohydrates recording (exchanges) |

| |Tracks glucose/carbohydrate/insulin over the time |

| |Behaviour change |

| |Prompts activity leading to behaviour change |

| |Motivating for the user to change behaviour |

| |Diabetes content |

| |Insulin monitoring |

| |Allows to enter multiple types of insulin |

|Assessment |May be appropriate. Recommend to use in conjunction with other apps/resources. |

Online Resources Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes

|Australian Diabetes Council Website |

|Overview |Peak consumer body for diabetes and play a vital role in informing the community about |

| |diabetes and its complications. It contains comprehensive and easy to understand information |

| |regarding diabetes. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Prevention, Management & Support |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition, Monitoring, Pharmacology, Complications, Current research, Mental |

| |Health, Social Support |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: |Comprehensive information regarding diabetes prevention and management |

| |45 printable resources |

| |Audio information sheets |

| |Diabetes risk assessment tool |

| |Educational quizzes |

| |E learning modules, courses (costs $75-250) |

| |Healthier recipes |

| |Link to useful websites |

| |Promotes social support networks |

| |Forum for user interaction |

|Website | |

|Assessment |Recommended to use |

|Calorie King Website |

|Overview |Provides the consumer with accurate relevant information which is easy to use and helps to |

| |determine kilojoules, fat, carbohydrate and protein content of food. Some information also |

| |available regarding vitamins and minerals. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Prevention, Management |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: |Data base with nutritional information for over 19000 Australian foods |

| |Detailed articles on diabetes |

| |Links to articles on current research |

| |Educational quizzes |

| |Recipes |

| |Series of food showing their portion sizes |

| |Promotes social support networks |

| |Forum for user interaction |

|Website |.au |

|Assessment |Recommended to use |

|Diabetes ACT website |

|Overview |This website is based on the services provided by Diabetes ACT to help people with diabetes, |

| |their families and those that are risk. This includes type1 and type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes |

| |and gestational diabetes. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Prevention, Management |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Monitoring, Complications, Mental Health, Social Support |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: | General information regarding diabetes |

| |45 different fact sheets on various aspects of diabetes |

| |Resources available in 10 different languages |

| |Useful links |

| |Information to seek professional advice |

| | Promotes social support networks |

|Website |diabetes-.au |

|Assessment |Recommended to use |

|Black Dog Institute |

|Overview |This website aims at improving the quality of life for those experiencing a mood disorder. |

| |There is a strong focus on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental health problems. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Support |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition, Mental Health, Social Support |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: |Information on mood disorders & depression |

| |Information on where to seek help |

| |News feeds on current research |

| |50 fact sheets on mental health including mood tracking charts |

| |Self screening tools for depression/mood disorders |

| |Online training programs |

| |Promote social support networks |

|Website |.au |

|Assessment |Recommended. Useful if person has mental health concerns. |

|National Heart Foundation |

|Overview |This website is targeted at the general public with some tools for health professionals such |

| |as research and policies. It provides information and services around health and wellbeing |

| |with a particular focus on heart health. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Prevention |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition, Current research |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: | Information and links on weight loss, healthy eating and exercise groups |

| |Number of evidence based “Active living” resources for health professionals to use |

| |Links to articles on current research |

| |Online learning modules for health professionals focused on heart health |

| |Promotes physical activity communication network |

| |Heart Foundation Walking groups |

|Website |.au |

|Assessment |Recommended to use |

|Beyondblue Website |

|Overview |Beyondblue aims to reduce depression and anxiety in the community by increasing awareness, |

| |promoting understanding and empowering people to seek help and support. This website is |

| |appropriate for individuals from various socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. |

|Main focus regarding diabetes |Support |

|Topics cover |Exercise, Nutrition, Mental Health, Support |

|Content |Consistent reliability |

|Features: | Information on anxiety & depression |

| |Immediate support through website |

| |Information on where to seek help |

| |Fact sheets |

| |Link to articles on current research |

| |Useful websites |

| |Promotes social support networks |

| |Forum for user interaction |

|Website | |

|Assessment |Recommended. Useful if person has mental health concerns. |

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