A User Preference Analysis Of Commercial Breath Ketone Sensors to Inform the Development of Portable Breath Ketone Sensors for Diabetes Management in Young People

Background. Portable breath ketone sensors may help people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) avoid episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis; however, the design features preferred by users have not been studied. We aimed to elucidate breath analysis and design preferences associated with commercial breath ketone devices among young people with T1DM aged 12-16 years and their parents in order to inform the development of a breath ketone sensor prototype for diabetes management in young people. Research Designs and Methods. Two commercially available breath ketone sensors, designed for ketogenic diet monitoring, were explored over one week by ten young people with T1DM. Participants interacted with the devices at least twice daily for five days to simulate a real-life usage of the breath devices in addition to blood testing devices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted post-testing with the young participants and their caregivers to elicit preferences related to breath analysis and to inform the co-design of a diabetes breath ketone sensor prototype. To validate the results from a professional healthcare perspective, we interviewed two diabetes educators working in paediatric care about their perspective of young people using breath ketone sensors.
Type
collection
Title
A User Preference Analysis Of Commercial Breath Ketone Sensors to Inform the Development of Portable Breath Ketone Sensors for Diabetes Management in Young People
Brief Title
Young People Informing Development of Portable Breath Ketone Sensors for Diabetes Management
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Medicine & Health Sciences
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/hxk7-c843
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Significance Statement
We aimed to elucidate breath analysis and design preferences associated with commercial breath ketone devices among young people with T1DM aged 12-16 years and their parents in order to inform the development of a breath ketone sensor prototype for diabetes management in young people
Brief Description
Portable breath ketone sensors may help people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) avoid episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis; however, the design features preferred by users have not been studied. We aimed to elucidate breath analysis and design preferences associated with commercial breath ketone devices among young people with T1DM aged 12-16 years and their parents in order to inform the development of a breath ketone sensor prototype for diabetes management in young people.
Full Description
Background. Portable breath ketone sensors may help people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) avoid episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis; however, the design features preferred by users have not been studied. We aimed to elucidate breath analysis and design preferences associated with commercial breath ketone devices among young people with T1DM aged 12-16 years and their parents in order to inform the development of a breath ketone sensor prototype for diabetes management in young people. Research Designs and Methods. Two commercially available breath ketone sensors, designed for ketogenic diet monitoring, were explored over one week by ten young people with T1DM. Participants interacted with the devices at least twice daily for five days to simulate a real-life usage of the breath devices in addition to blood testing devices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted post-testing with the young participants and their caregivers to elicit preferences related to breath analysis and to inform the co-design of a diabetes breath ketone sensor prototype. To validate the results from a professional healthcare perspective, we interviewed two diabetes educators working in paediatric care about their perspective of young people using breath ketone sensors.
Contact Email
jane.desborough@anu.edu.au
Contact Address
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health College of Health and Medicine Australian National University 63 Eggleston Road Acton ACT 2601
Contact Phone Number
+612 6125 6545
Principal Investigator
Dr Nicola Brew-Sam
Supervisors
Dr Jane Desborough
Fields of Research
320208 - Endocrinology; 420302 - Digital health
Socio-Economic Objective
200105 - Treatment of human diseases and conditions; 200501 - Adolescent health
Keywords
Breath sensor; Diabetes; Ketones; User preference; Young people; Co-design; Qualitative
Type of Research Activity
Applied Research
Date Coverage
2020-07-30
2020-06-01
Date of data creation
2020
Year of data publication
2022
Creator(s) for Citation
Brew-Sam
Nicola
Desborough
Jane
Parkinson
Anne
Murugappan
Krishnan
Daskalaki
Eleni
Brown
Ellen
Ebbeck
Harry
Pedley
Lachlan
Hannan
Kristal
Brown
Karen
Pedley
Elizabeth
Ebbeck
Genevieve
Tricoli
Antonio
Suominen
Hanna
Nolan
Christopher J
Phillips
Christine
Publisher for Citation
The Australian National University Data Commons
Access Rights
Data files are made OA per the supervisor's request.
Access Rights Type
Open
Rights held in and over the data
CC-BY
Licence Type
CC-BY - Attribution (Version 4)
Embargo Date
2022-12-31
Retention Period
Indefinitely
Extent or Quantity
12 files
Data Size
2.37 MB
Data Management Plan
No
Status: Published
Published to:
  • Australian National University
  • Australian National Data Service
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