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Author(s):: GUO Yibing1; CUI Dong2; XUE Yazhuo3; GUO Yancheng3; 1. Shandong Tai’an No.1 Senior High School, Tai’an 271000, China; 2. School of Radiology, Taishan Medical University, Tai’an 271000, China; 3. School of Nursing, Taishan Medical University, Tai’an 271016, China

Keywords:: ; diabetes mellitus; graphical user interface; behavioral scale calculation

Abstract:: Objective To develop a toolbox for automatic diabetes behavioral scale calculation using graphics user interface design and evaluation (GUIDE) in MATLAB. Methods The overall layout of the graphical interface was designed in GUIDE. The positions of individual controls and their properties were decided. Global variables were set to transfer data between different controls and interfaces. And then the callback functions of controls were coded to realize specific functions. Results The automatic calculations of nine different scales were achieved in the toolbox, including summary of diabetes self-care activities, diabetes self-management efficacy scale, diabetes severity scale, the MOS 36-item short form health survey (SF-36), Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Epworth sleeping scale, hospital anxiety and depression scale, multidimensional fatigue inventory-20 and fatigue severity scale. The results were automatically saved in an execl document. Conclusion The toolbox is easy to be operated under a friendly interface. The work efficiency of the operator is improved with such a reliable toolbox.