Seeking feedback for a project

[cl123]

Hello everyone,

I am working with a small team on a school project that we are very excited about. We are developing an app that will help people track food consumption and nutrients. The goal of this project is to provide Kidney Disease patients with a platform where they can organize and keep track of their nutritional goals in order to prevent the need for Dialysis or kidney transplant.

The features we have right now include a Food Journal/Diary and calculations to show needed nutrient levels and current nutrient level based on the users entries in the food journal.

We would love to get feedback from potential users of the app. What features would you want in an app like this? How can we maximize its ability to help those who are affected by kidney disease?

Any feedback would be much appreciated!

[orangecity41 NKF Ambassador]

You did not mention what school you are from. Is it a university, and is study related to a medical school.

[miraclelady]

Would love something that includes how much sodium, potassium, phosphorus and protein are in foods -- like a huge list of foods showing these items.

[cl123 in reply to miraclelady]

We currently have this part of the website working! Thanks for the feedback!

[Live_Positive]

in my experience, it should start with Goal. For example, if my potassium is 5.2. How much potassium I can take. Or mg or Na. Make this app more useful for the success than a generic one which already available. A doctor or dietcian advise will be needed.

this app should have Age, weight, current potassium , mg, na, etc level. Based on the level it should advise the daily max consumption of each. For example based on GFR values one cannot have more than 500 mg of sodium.

Add food intake for the day and quantity and it should calculate the total consumption behind it.

No app does this today. I can say many more. You can reach out to me or IM me.

Good luck

[cl123 in reply to Live_Positive]

Thanks so much for your feedback. We are planning on adding bar/pie charts that show how much of a nutrient a user has consumed, and how much more they can consume before they reach the max.

Thanks for the ideas!

[Live_Positive in reply to cl123]

You can always reach out to me for user requirements and end user dashboard and analytics. … I work in software technology.

[Hawk12]

I am keeping track of fluids (easy), sodium (relatively easy) and protein ( more difficult as you need to weigh things, but particularly difficult with homemade foods, such as pasta dishes, stews, chili, etc). Don’t know how that could be solved.

[cl123 in reply to Hawk12]

We have a few ideas to make protein tracking easier! Thanks for responding!

[TopazForests]

Somethings that would be nice in an app of this type. Obviously it needs to try all the minerals and salts that we intake and need to watch for ckd. As contributing factors to ckd are diabetes and high blood pressure, it should be able to track blood glucose levels and bp taken at home. The ability to scan barcodes to enter foods. Also for those of us who prefer to cook our meals from scratch, the ability to enter our recipes and have the app calculate the nutritional values.

I have osteoarthritis in just about every joint in my body. The only way I am able to track food is that I can speak my food into the app. It would be wonderful if I could speak in my recipes to be able to better track the food.

[Darlenia in reply to TopazForests]

Yes!!!! All of what you said! My hubby is a diabetic and keeping track of sugars and carbs along with blood pressure is such a difficult thing to do. His transplant center makes him laboriously jot all of that down in a notebook and then brings in the notebook to his doctors so they can review it. It also would also be wonderful to store and list recipes with the values of the ingredients. And, as you said, it would be nice if data could be stored or requested by voice or touch. (Immunosuppressants can cause hand tremors.) I see lots of professionals (endocrinologists, nephrologists, dietitians, cardiologists, etc.) having a big interest in this too. It would be great to pull everything together in one app/place.

[cl123 in reply to TopazForests]

Love these ideas. Thanks for sharing. I think we will definitely want to add the ability to create custom recipes!

[NWRobin]

I don't do apps, but I would visit and use a website. You mentioned your website.

Is it up and running in any form and what is it? Thank you!

[nonna70]

When you are considering using charts etc remember there are some of us who you screen readers and will not be able to see all of the visual.