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Conditions
Brief summary
A standard part of diabetes self-care for patients with type 1 diabetes is undertaking regular glucose 'finger stick' testing. Ideally, testing is done in a structured way, in association with meal times. The glucose meters used for self testing in New Zealand 'remember' 1,000 tests. Structured, frequent glucose testing is often recommended, because it is associated with better overall glucose control, as measured by the HbA1c blood test. (In type 1 diabetes, the target HbA1c is above the physiologic range but high values are associated with an increased risk of diabetes complications). Structured glucose testing is however very demanding of patients so is usually not sustainable, for more than a short period of time. This study aims to describe patterns of glucose testing in patients with type 1 diabetes, by downloading their glucose meter results and comparing this with their most recent HbA1c result.
Interventions
Patients with type 1 diabetes will be asked to 'donate' their most recent glucose finger stick test results, including a time and date stamp for each glucose value, as stored in their glucose meter memory. This information would typically contain three months of retrospective information, collected by the patient. These glucose data will be linked to patient age, gender and their most recent HbA1c blood test. Patients will also be asked to complete a questionnaire about meal times and sleep tim
Patients with type 1 diabetes will be asked to 'donate' their most recent glucose finger stick test results, including a time and date stamp for each glucose value, as stored in their glucose meter memory. This information would typically contain three months of retrospective information, collected by the patient. These glucose data will be linked to patient age, gender and their most recent HbA1c blood test. Patients will also be asked to complete a questionnaire about meal times and sleep times, so this lifestyle information can also be linked with their glucose finger stick data.
Sponsors
Helen Lunt
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients with type 1 diabetes who bring a functioning glucose meter with them, to their routine diabetes clinic visit.
Exclusion criteria
1. Patients who present to clinic with a faulty glucose meter, which has no accessible glucose values in its memory. 2. Patients who present to clinic either with no meter, or with a meter that does not have a memory.
Outcome results
None listed