Diabetes Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Diabetes
Conditions
Interventions
Patients were randomly assigned to the control group or the Vtech CV 8300 study group accordingly:
1. Study group: Each patient was issued a Vtech CV 8300 device. Home blood sugar data were collected.
Sponsors
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 - 50 years 2. Duration since diagnosis greater than 1 year 3. Diabetes on insulin therapy 4. On home blood glucose monitoring at least twice a week 5. No active diabetic maculopathy or retinopathy: pre-proliferating, proliferate or vitreous haemorrhage 6. No clinical evidence of coronary heart disease 7. Willingness to learn simple operations with data entry and log-in through the Vtech CV 8300
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Poor compliance 2. Active eye complication 3. Unstable coronary heart disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Metabolic: metabolic control in terms of change in glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) over the whole study period was measured and compared 2. Acceptability of DMS: a questionnaire was given to the participant after the study to access the acceptability and satisfaction with the DMS | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed