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.
Funding / Grants
- The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation
Other Team Members
- Dr Ross Brown (QUT)
- Dr Joel Harman (QUT)
- Mr Damien Clark (QUT, MNHHS)
- Dr Peter Lazzarini (QUT, MNHHS)
- A/Prof Jaap van Netten (Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, QUT)
- Mr Jason Warnock (MNHHS)
Publications
- 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.
- 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 1-14.
- 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.