Administrative Data

Project reference: PEJ-2014-A-17560
Title: Computer-animated simulation environment for diabetes education in children with type 1 diabetes
Participanting centers: Universitat Politècnica de València
Principal investigator: Jorge Bondia, José Luis Díez
Funded by: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
Duration: 01/12/2015 – 01/12/2017
Funding awarded: €127,978.00

Project Summary

This project is part of the initiative “Incentivizing multidisciplinary training and entrepreneurship in the mobile application sector for health and healthy living education: application to therapeutic education for patients with diabetes.” Its objective is to incorporate elements of video games and computer animation into a simulation environment for diabetes education aimed at children with type 1 diabetes, thus facilitating an understanding of homeostasis and the glycemic impact of different insulin therapy actions.

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