Supporting Diabetes Self-Management with Pervasive Wireless Technology Solutions

Current Self-Management Research

As there is no cure for diabetes, non-medical approaches are used jointly with medical approaches so that patients can have a life which is as normal as possible. However, non-medical approaches can be challenging as they require effective lifestyle management and meticulous attention and monitoring by both patients and healthcare professionals (Britt et al., 2007). Particularly, to be successful, patients need to be both informed and active in their treatment regimen (AIHW, 2007, 2008). This can be achieved by effective self-management which is a non-medical approach and which constitutes the focus of this paper.