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CITI 2016: Technologies and Innovation pp 79–89Cite as

Usage of Diabetes Self-management Mobile Technology: Options for Ecuador

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Even though human kind has not even started to explore the vast expectrum of technology, it is doing its best to reach conclusions. Technology has indulged itself in many aspects that have favored the Human Race. Mobile Technology has met the accessibility, practicum, participation, feasibility and even the economic cost standards, which allows it to be the leader when it comes to select an ally that controls and treats chronic illnesses [1]. Having the discipline to follow a program of alimentation and indeed a new lifestyle is not that easy especially when the disorder is called diabetes. This investigation aims to spotlight the devices and apps currently used as an aid to control and adequately treat diabetes using m-Health focusing especially on the reality of Ecuador.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/?s=diabeTes (Accessed June 8th, 2016).

  2. 2.

    http://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/proyecciones-poblacionales/ (Accessed June 8th, 2016).

  3. 3.

    http://lahora.com.ec/index.php/noticias/fotoReportaje/1101748295#.V1m0N_nhDIU (Accessed June 8th, 2016).

  4. 4.

    http://www.telecomunicaciones.gob.ec/telefonia-ecuador-tiene-mas-de-14-millones-de-abonados-al-servicio-movil-avanzado/ (Accessed June 8th, 2016).

  5. 5.

    https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html (Accessed June 8th, 2016).

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  1. Universidad de Guayaquil, Cdla, Universitaria Salvador Allende, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Jose Medina-Moreira, Katty Lagos-Ortiz, Harry Luna-Aveiga & Ruth Paredes

  2. Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Avenida 25 de julio, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Jose Medina-Moreira & Katty Lagos-Ortiz

  3. Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    Rafael Valencia-García

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  1. Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain

    Rafael Valencia-García

  2. Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Katty Lagos-Ortiz

  3. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain

    Gema Alcaraz-Mármol

  4. Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Javier del Cioppo

  5. Universidad Agraria del Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador

    Nestor Vera-Lucio

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Medina-Moreira, J., Lagos-Ortiz, K., Luna-Aveiga, H., Paredes, R., Valencia-García, R. (2016). Usage of Diabetes Self-management Mobile Technology: Options for Ecuador. In: Valencia-García, R., Lagos-Ortiz, K., Alcaraz-Mármol, G., del Cioppo, J., Vera-Lucio, N. (eds) Technologies and Innovation. CITI 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 658. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48024-4_7

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