Evolution of Do-It-Yourself Remote Monitoring Technology for Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nightscout Project is a leading example of patient-designed, do-it-yourself (DIY), open-source technology innovations to support type 1 diabetes management. We are unaware of studies that have described the evolution of patient-driven innovations from the Nightscout Project to date.

Methods

We identified patient-driven, DIY innovations from posts and comments in the "CGM in the Cloud" private Facebook group as well as data from Twitter, GitHub, and the Nightscout website. For each innovation, we described its intent or its unaddressed need as well as the associated features and improvements. We conducted a thematic analysis to identify overarching patterns among the innovations, features, and improvements, and compared the timeline of innovations in the DIY sp

SUBMITTER: Ng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753857 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature