A mobile Diabetes educational system for fasting Type-2 diabetics in Saudi Arabia

The diagnosis and management of Diabetes is often a complicated process. The complications especially increases during the month of Ramadan wherein Muslim patients are obliged to observe fasting. Recent mobile health technologies are increasingly used in improving the self-management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and several studies have proven its efficiency. Further, research has shown that increased awareness of the disease helps the diabetics to effectively manage their disease and consequently reduce the complications arising due to diabetes. In this paper, an education program for fasting diabetes patients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is presented. The education program makes use of an intelligent mobile diabetes management system named SAED, tailored for Type-2 diabetes patients in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to increase the awareness of the disease amongst the patients. The aim of the education program is to empower the diabetics with relevant knowledge about disease management during the fasting period in particular and improve their awareness about the disease in general. The proposed structure of the education program is presented in this paper which will be tested and evaluated extensively in a randomized controlled trial in Saudi Arabia.