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Therapeutics/Prevention
Randomised controlled trial
Blood glucose monitoring had no impact on distress or self-efficacy in people with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes
  1. Simon R Heller
  1. University of Sheffield School of Medicine, Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to : Professor Simon R Heller, University of Sheffield School of Medicine, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK; s.heller{at}sheffield.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebmed-2015-110279

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    Commentary on: Malanda UL, Bot SD, Kostense PJ, et al. Effects of self-monitoring of glucose on distress and self-efficacy in people with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. Diabet Med 2015. Published Online First.

    Context

    While it is generally accepted that blood glucose monitoring is an important component of treatment in the management of insulin-treated diabetes (both type 1 and type 2 diabetes), the role of blood glucose monitoring in those with type 2 diabetes treated by oral agents remains uncertain. Systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials have persistently failed to find benefits on blood glucose control or hypoglycaemia in people with type 1 diabetes.1 ,2 This emphasises the methodological challenges of establishing the value of self-monitoring of blood glucose in individuals with type 2 diabetes on oral agents, who are at …

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    • Competing interests None declared.