MyFootCare
This research project aims to empower people with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) in their self-care through a novel mobile application called MyFootCare. MyFootCare promotes self-care through a focus on personal goals, reminders to enact care and novel visual analytics including digital images and self-reported symptoms, to allow patients and their clinicians to track their healing progress.
This project brings together leading experts in DFU care, imaging, and human-computer interaction from across four partner organisations: Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Diabetic Foot Australia and Wound Innovations.
A trial study is currently under way to evaluate study app engagement, usability, and perceived usefulness by patients, carers, and clinicians.
Student research opportunities: we are always looking for highly motivated podiatry and IT students to join our research project. For more information, visit https://www.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/student-topics/topics/myfootcare-designing-technology-with-people-with-diabetic-foot-ulcers
Funding / Grants
- The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation (2018)
Chief Investigators
Team
Other Team Members
- Dr Jaap Van Netten (Amsterdam UMC)
- Associate Professor Peter Lazzarini (QUT and Metro North Hospital and Health Services)
- Mr Damien Clark (Metro North Hospital and Health Services)
- Mr Grant Easton (Metro South Hospital and Health Services)
- Dr Joel Harman (QUT)
Publications
- Ploderer, Bernd, Clark, Damien, Brown, Ross, Harman, Joel, Lazzarini, Peter, Van Netten, Jaap (2023) Self-Monitoring Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers with the MyFootCare App: A Mixed Methods Study. Sensors, 23 (5), pp.Article number: 2547.
- Ploderer, Bernd, Rezaei Aghdam, Atae, Burns, Kara (2022) Patient-Generated Health Photos and Videos Across Health and Well-being Contexts: Scoping Review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24 (4), pp.Article number: e28867 e28867.
- Van Netten, Jaap, Seng, Leonard Si Da, Lazzarini, Peter, Warnock, Jason, Ploderer, Bernd (2019) Reasons for (non-)adherence to self-care in people with a diabetic foot ulcer. Wound Repair and Regeneration, 27 (5), pp.530-539.
- Ploderer, Bernd, Brown, Ross, Seng, Leonard Si Da, Lazzarini, Peter, Van Netten, Jaap (2018) Promoting self-care of diabetic foot ulcers through a mobile phone app: User-centered design and evaluation. JMIR Diabetes, 3 (4), pp.Article number: e10105.
- van Netten, Jaap J., Brown, Ross A., Si da Seng, Leonard, Lazzarini, Peter A., Ploderer, Bernd (2018) Development of MyFootCare: A smartphone application to actively engage people in their diabetic foot ulcer self-care. Annual Dutch Diabetes Research Meeting, pp.21-22.
- Brown, Ross, Ploderer, Bernd, Seng, Leonard Si Da, Van Netten, Jaap, Lazzarini, Peter (2017) MyFootCare: a mobile self-tracking tool to promote self-care amongst people with diabetic foot ulcers. In Soro, A, Vyas, D, Waycott, J, Ploderer, B, Morrison, A, Brereton, M (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, pp.462-466.
