THERAPEUTICS
Self-monitoring of blood glucose did not improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes not treated with insulin
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A Farmer
Dr A Farmer, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; andrew.farmer@dphpc.ox.ac.uk
STUDY DESIGN
randomised controlled trial (Diabetes Glycaemic Education and Monitoring [DiGEM] study).
concealed.*
blinded (laboratory staff).*
STUDY QUESTION
48 general practices in Oxfordshire and South Yorkshire, UK.
453 patients 
25 years of age at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (mean age 66 y at study entry, 57% men, median duration of diabetes 3 y) who were managed with diet or oral hypoglycaemic agents alone, had haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level 6.2% (mean 7.5%), and were independent in activities of daily living. Exclusion criteria included serious disease and use of a blood glucose meter 2 times/week in the previous 3 months.
self-testing by use of a blood glucose meter 3 times daily 2 days/week, with instructions to contact their physician if readings were consistently high or low (self-testing group, n = 150); self-testing (as above) plus training in timing, interpreting, and using the test
1 Galway University Hospitals, Galway, Ireland
2 National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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