Engineering and Technology Journal e-ISSN: 2456-3358 Volume 09 Issue 04 April-2024, Page No.- 3756-3762 DOI: 10.47191/etj/v9i04.13, I.F. – 8.227 © 2024, ETJ 3756 Usman Umar 1 , ETJ Volume 9 Issue 04 April 2024 Android-Based Lifestyle Management Application for Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Usman Umar 1 , Roby Tristiantoro 2 , Risnawaty Alyah 3 , Muhammad Ridhwan 4 1,2,4 Department of Electro-medical Technology, Muhammadiyah Polytechnic Makassar, Indonesia 3 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sawerigading University Makassar, Indonesia ABSTRACT: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) Type-2 is a chronic disease that occurs due to uncontrolled blood glucose levels in the body. Uncontrolled glucose levels in people with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus can cause various kinds of complications, therefore this research aims to create an Android application that can help people with Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus in controlling blood glucose levels. This application creation method includes the stages of preparation and application creation by conducting previous literature studies, which produce a theoretical model. The result of this research is a lifestyle management application for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients called Selfcare Glucose Management (SCGM), which has 4 kinds of features, including a feature that can calculate daily calorie needs by displaying various types of food with a predetermined weight and number of calories, an alarm feature that functions to remind patients to take medication and inject insulin, a physical activity training feature and a feature that contains educational material about Diabetes Mellitus. This application has been tested using application measurement methods in the form of repeated manual calculations or calibration and obtained results that match the expected values. It is hoped that this application can be developed to be more interactive and communicative in its use. KEYWORDS: Application; Android; Diabetes Mellitus; Blood Glucose; Selfcare Glucose Management I. INTRODUCTION From the perspective of genetic and clinical studies, diabetes is a metabolic disorder in the human body that recurs as a loss of the body's tolerance for carbohydrates. If it develops clinically, diabetes is characterized by fasting and postprandial hyperglycemia, atherosclerosis, and microangiopathic vascular disease [1]. Type 2 diabetes is a disorder of the body's metabolic system that is characterized by high blood sugar levels due to decreased insulin secretion by pancreatic beta cells also known as insulin action [2]. Diabetes causes many complications such as heart disease, stroke, neuropathy, and kidney failure, and can even lead to amputation if there is gangrene anywhere on the body.[2]. Diabetes can cause various losses, including the impact on the social environment and the impact on the sufferer's finances. Diabetes can also cause losses which are classified as direct and indirect losses. Direct losses include the costs of treatment, hospitalization, various medical services, outpatient treatment, laboratory tests, operations, regularly consumed medicines, and various other equipment The results of a health survey conducted in 2017 showed that the number of diabetes sufferers in Asia had increased to 57 percent. Type-2 diabetes occurs more often in women than men. Women have a higher risk of developing diabetes because physically women have a higher body mass index. Global Diabetes data has reached up to 371,000,000 people, with type 2 diabetes accounting for 95% of the world's population with diabetes and only 5% remaining with type 1 diabetes mellitus, and keeps increasing every year [3][4]. Insulin resistance has recently become a concern because of its association with type 2 diabetes, so we can take steps to prevent insulin resistance by preventing hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidemia, which essentially starts with insulin resistance, which predicts cardiovascular disease and type-2 DM[5]. There are several ways to prevent type 2 diabetes, one of which is by identifying risk factors for its development. Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus has 2 risk factors, namely modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors. The factors in question can be modified, such as lifestyle by consuming food that meets calorie needs, stress management, regular rest patterns, and physical activity. The factors in question that cannot be modified are genetic factors and age factors [6]. The number of calories that can be consumed by type 2 DM sufferers must be following the energy needed for daily activities. Everyone's energy needs are not the same, they vary depending on several determining factors, such as gender, age, physical activity, and body condition. In determining the required calorie requirements, the number