Project News

Consortium Partners from the DigiCare4You project published a new article in the journal Universal Access in the Information Society (November, 2024) on the usability and acceptability of a diabetes screening tool in four European Countries - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Spain. 

Read our summary of the publication here.

DigiCare4You aims to improve the early prevention and management of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and hypertension (HTN) via a community-based, person-centered solution, integrating both social and healthcare systems, supported by the use of digital tools. DigiCare4You is a research project that is collecting and producing large sets of data. A Data Management Plan (DMP) has therefore been developed to comply with legal and ethical requirements concerning data processing. The DMP outlines how data will be processed and handled during, and after completion of, the DigiCare4You project.

We are excited to announce that DigiCare4You has been recognised as one of the most impactful projects of 2023 at La Trobe University, selected out of almost 800 research projects. This acknowledgement comes through its inclusion in La Trobe University’s Research Impact Report 2023.

Lifestyle tips to reduce blood pressure

High blood pressure or hypertension is very common and an important risk factor for the development of heart disease and stroke, especially if left untreated.

Having high blood pressure means that your heart has to work harder to pump blood around your body. According to the European Society of Cardiology, hypertension is defined by a systolic pressure greater than 140 millimeters of mercury or diastolic pressure over 90.