High Diabetes Prevalence, Time To Treat Diabetes Through The U By Prodia Application

Diabetes care application (Prodia)

JAKARTA - In Indonesia, the prevalence of diabetes is still quite high at 11.7% in 2023 compared to the prevalence of diabetes in the world by 10.6% and in the Southeast Asia region by 8.8% in 2021. In addition, the 2023 Indonesian Health Survey (SKI) shows that there is a gap in the behavior of seeking treatment between respondents at productive age (18-59 years) and over the age of 60 years 1. This means that the productive generation tends not to pay attention to health due to the high level of busyness.

PT Prodia Digital Indonesia (PRDI), a subsidiary of PT Prodia Widyahusada Tbk (share code: PRDA), presents the latest feature in the U by Prodia application, namely Diabetes Care. This feature allows users (U-Friends) to find out the risk of diabetes, various ways to prevent complications of diabetes and also the initial steps that must be taken while undergoing diabetes treatment. Information is presented according to their needs based on the results of the Health Score assessment and individual health profiles. This is part of Prodia Digital's efforts to present easy, fast, and personalized solutions, especially for users in the productive and active age range in their daily lives.

Rudy Cahyadi, Director of PT Prodia Digital Indonesia, said, "We believe that each individual has its uniqueness with various physical differences, lifestyles, as well as their respective health needs. The Diabetes Care feature is designed to provide solutions that are personalized according to user needs, ranging from the need to identify diabetes early, provide prevention recommendations, to understand the initial steps of treatment."

People with diabetes at a productive age often ignore health checks. Even though early detection of diseases, especially diabetes, can prevent people from suffering from the disease. With Diabetes Care available in the U by Prodia application, users from productive age can get access to health related to diabetes, it is easier, faster and precise because it is personalized according to their needs," added Rudy.

U-Friend will follow several stages when accessing the Diabetes Care feature. The first stage is directed to check the risk of diabetes by taking the Health Score test available in two options, namely free risk checks through paid laboratory applications or tests to get more accurate results. Furthermore, the results of this Health Score will determine the proper treatment according to the types of diabetes risk available, namely low risk (low), average (average) and high (high).

Users will be directed through recommendations for necessary steps. Starting from free live chat consultations with more than 275 specialists and general practitioners available in the application, lifestyle evaluations, to conducting special laboratory tests for diagnosis of diabetes complications through 18 selected tests. In addition, users will also be sure to have the availability of vitamins and diabetes tools at home, there are 50 health products that can be purchased directly through the Health Shop feature.

Diabetes Care also provides Health Plan personalization services for diabetics to live a healthy lifestyle. Among them is Simple Eat Smart - 3 Sunday; Prediabetes Meal Plan - 4 Sunday; Blood Sugar Meal Plan - 12 Sunday. For those who are at high risk, recommendations are added with an assessment of the nutritional status of the body and sports activities. There are also dozens of health articles about diabetes that can be read anytime and anywhere.

Diabetic treatment is personal or not in the form of one treatment for all. Especially because each patient has a unique need with a personalized approach. Therefore, knowing and understanding the right treatment steps is important for diabetics to do, in order to achieve optimal results and help improve their quality of life," explained dr. Juanita Olivia Tambunan who participated in the consultation of a special live chat doctor for diabetes in the U by Prodia application.