“Can You Help Me Measure My Blood Sugar?” Co-design of a Voice Interface to Assist Patients and Caregivers at Home

Author(s):  
Francesca Alloatti ◽  
Riccardo Tasso ◽  
Andrea Bolioli ◽  
Elena Messina ◽  
Daria Cantu ◽  
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2020 ◽  
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Checking your blood sugar daily may not help you manage your type 2 diabetes. If you have type 2 diabetes, it’s important to keep the amount of glucose, or sugar, in your blood at a healthy level. Many patients check their blood sugar at home each day. Patients place a drop of blood from their fingertip onto a test strip; then they insert the strip into a home glucose meter. This test measures your blood sugar level at that moment. People who use insulin check their blood sugar often so that they know how much insulin to take. But if you don’t use insulin, recent research shows that daily blood sugar testing may not help you manage your type 2 diabetes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 592
Author(s):  
Khalish Arsy Al Khairy Siregar ◽  
Novia Misnawati Aisyah ◽  
Sylvan Septian Ressandy ◽  
Paula Mariana Kustiawan

ABSTRAKPandemi  COVID-19  memberikan dampak pada pembatasan akses dan anjuran untuk berkegiatan di rumah. Hal ini menuntut peran ibu untuk lebih paham tentang swamedikasi. Swamedikasi merupakan upaya pengobatan sendiri yang pelaksanaannya dari mengenali gejala penyakit dan pemilihan obatnya dilakukan dengan inisiatif sendiri tanpa ke dokter atau tenaga kesehatan lainnya. Kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini bertujuan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan swamedikasi pada ibu-ibu PKK di Kelurahan Sidomulyo, Samarinda.  Metode yang dilakukan pada kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah pembagian kuisioner di awal kegiatan yang diolah menjadi data, dilanjutkan dengan penyuluhan berupa presentasi interaktif tanya jawab dengan paserta, dan pengecekan kesehatan berupa pengukuran tensi dan gula darah. Kegiatan diakhiri dengan pembagian angket evaluasi kegiatan. Hasil kuisioner menunjukan sebanyak 73% mengetahui pengertian swamedikasi, namun hanya 23 % peserta yang melakukan kegiatan swamedikasi di rumah. Setelah dilakukan edukasi, pengetahuan Ibu PKK tentang swamedikasi, menunjukan tingkat pemahaman baik. Sedangkan dari hasil pengecekan keseahatan, 77,7% peserta memiliki nilai gula darah normal dan 89,6% peserta memiliki tekanan darah normal. Kegiatan mendapat tanggapan yang sangat baik dari peserta dan diharapkan untuk dilakukan kegiatan serupa secara berkala. Kata kunci: swamedikasi; pemeriksaan kesehatan; penyuluhan. ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on access restrictions and recommendations for activities at home. This requires the mother's role to understand more about swamedikasi. Swamedikasi is a self-medication effort whose implementation to recognize the symptoms of disease and choose the medicine by its own initiative without going to a doctor or other health workers. This community service activity aims to increase self-medication knowledge for PKK mothers in Sidomulyo Village, Samarinda. The method used in this community service activity are the distribution of questionnaires at the beginning of the activity which is processed into data, followed by counseling with presentation and Q&A sessions, and medical check up by measuring blood pressure and blood sugar. The activity ended with the distribution of evaluation questionnaires. The results of the questionnaire showed that 73% knew the meaning of self-medication, but only 23% of participants carried out self-medication activities at home. After the education was carried out, PKK mother's knowledge of self-medication showed a good level of understanding. Meanwhile, from the results of medical check up, 77.7% of participants had normal blood sugar values and 89.6% of participants had normal blood pressure. The activity received a very good response from the participants and similar activities expected will be held periodically. Keywords: self-medication; medical check up; counseling.


1981 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Culatta ◽  
Donna Horn

This study attempted to maximize environmental language learning for four hearing-impaired children. The children's mothers were systematically trained to present specific language symbols to their children at home. An increase in meaningful use of these words was observed during therapy sessions. In addition, as the mothers began to generalize the language exposure strategies, an increase was observed in the children's use of words not specifically identified by the clinician as targets.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xigrid Soto ◽  
Yagmur Seven ◽  
Meaghan McKenna ◽  
Keri Madsen ◽  
Lindsey Peters-Sanders ◽  
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Purpose This article describes the iterative development of a home review program designed to augment vocabulary instruction for young children (ages 4 and 5 years) occurring at school through the use of a home review component. Method A pilot study followed by two experiments used adapted alternating treatment designs to compare the learning of academic words taught at school to words taught at school and reviewed at home. At school, children in small groups were taught academic words embedded in prerecorded storybooks for 6 weeks. Children were given materials such as stickers with review prompts (e.g., “Tell me what brave means”) to take home for half the words. Across iterations of the home intervention, the home review component was enhanced by promoting parent engagement and buy-in through in-person training, video modeling, and daily text message reminders. Visual analyses of single-subject graphs, multilevel modeling, and social validity measures were used to evaluate the additive effects and feasibility of the home review component. Results Social validity results informed each iteration of the home program. The effects of the home program across sites were mixed, with only one site showing consistently strong effects. Superior learning was evident in the school + home review condition for families that reviewed words frequently at home. Although the home review program was effective in improving the vocabulary skills of many children, some families had considerable difficulty practicing vocabulary words. Conclusion These studies highlight the importance of using social validity measures to inform iterative development of home interventions that promote feasible strategies for enhancing the home language environment. Further research is needed to identify strategies that stimulate facilitators and overcome barriers to implementation, especially in high-stress homes, to enrich the home language environments of more families.


ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-32
Author(s):  
Heidi Hanks

Leave your flashcards at home and try these five apps for early language learning.


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 316-316
Author(s):  
Hunter Wessells ◽  
Harin Padma-Nathan ◽  
Jacob Rajfer ◽  
Robert Feldman ◽  
Raymond Rosen ◽  
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2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
MICHELE G. SULLIVAN
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2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-159
Author(s):  
J GUILLAMONT ◽  
A SOLE ◽  
S GONZALEZ ◽  
A PEREZITURRIAGA ◽  
C DAVILA ◽  
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