carbulin: a comprehensive mobile application for advanced carbohydrate counting and diet- and insulin-regimen planning for type 1 diabetic patients

Nowadays, the introduction of the so-called ‘diabetes technology’, either hardware/deviceor software, to different aspects of day-to-day living in patients with diabetes aimsto improve blood glucose control and various lifestyle features. the coordination ofvast context of diabetes education/training, particularly in the area of medical nutritiontherapy, is considered as a great concern. on the other hand, iranian food culture consistsof a set of traditional dietary patterns and food consumption habit. the study wasaimed to develop “the comprehensive mobile application of advanced carbohydratecounting and diet- and insulin-regimen planning” to help type 1 diabetic patients,improving their health status. the programming language of kotlin, javascript, nodejs, and html5 was used for the mobile app development. the app was developedwith the following abilities: 1) educating users on different aspects of disease controlincluding, updated general treatment guidelines on physical activity, medical nutritionand insulin therapy, stress management, and the patient’s specific goals and dietaryneeds, 2) performing advanced carbohydrate counting using both picture-representedand kitchen-scale of carbohydrate foods as well as traditional iranian foods, 3) recommendingthe patient’s specific insulin dose, either short- or rapid-acting, based on thecarbohydrate content of the selected meal or the selected amount of iranian foods, 4)recommending the personalized insulin dose needed for decreasing the high bloodglucose levels, and 5) performing 3 and 4 simultaneously. developing carbulin was aneffort to increase type 1 diabetes self-management using the traditional iranian dietarypattern and menu.citation: abdollahzadeh sm, ghanaatpishe