Frequency of blood glucose testing among insulin-treated diabetes mellitus patients in the United Kingdom

Abstract

Although the data did not capture the glucose frequency comprehensively, it varied significantly by insulin types, and was higher than what is recommended in the guidelines for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Flash glucose monitoring reduces glycemic variability and hypoglycemia: real-world data from Spain

“…38 Further, SMBG in real-life conditions has a limited potential to assess GV due to the low number of measurements usually available. 19 In agreement with previously published data, 22 no further decrease in minutes spent in hypoglycemia after the third highest scan rate group (for both <70 and ≤54 mg/dL) was observed. There was virtually no reduction in time in hypoglycemia and minimal changes in estimated HbA1c and TIR over 20 scans per day.…”

“…A recent UK-based analysis of pharmacy records reported an SMBG test rate of 2.1 tests/day for patients using insulin. 19 Meanwhile, rates between 2.5 and 5.5 tests/day were reported for patients using modern blood glucose meters and sophisticated cloud-based analysis software across Europe and North America. 20 Flash glucose monitoring, a new approach to glucose monitoring, has emerged as a practical solution to the previous challenges of glucose monitoring.…”

Real-world flash glucose monitoring patterns and associations between self-monitoring frequency and glycaemic measures: A European analysis of over 60 million glucose tests

“…Users of the readers performed an average of 16.3 and median (IQR) of 14 (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) daily glucose scans (Fig. 1a).…”

“…Although a higher rate of glucose testing (in excess of 8 times/day) is associated with improved glycaemic control [15,16], repeated daily glucose checks are painful, inconvenient and can be difficult to maintain long-term. A recent UK-based analysis of pharmacy records reported 2.1 tests per day for those using insulin [17], whereas in those using modern blood glucose meters and sophisticated cloud-based analysis software, rates of testing range between 2.5 and 5.5 per day across Europe and North America [18].…”

Trends in Blood Glucose Test Strip Utilization: A Population-Wide Analysis in Saskatchewan, Canada

“…Indeed, self-care is a key strategy that is expected to improve health outcomes in patients with chronic diseases (1). However, the benefits of SMBG have been demonstrated only in certain subpopulations of diabetes patients such as insulin users (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). In fact, SMBG may not have any clinically important benefits in patients managed without insulin, who represent a very high percentage of the overall population with diabetes (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10).…”