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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FREQUENCY OF MONITORING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND METHOD OF SAMPLING A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL LARKANA.

AUTHORS:

Waseem Abbas⁕, Nadeem Baloch, Fahad Jibran, Altaf Ali, Rahul Sagar, Saiqa Lashari Batool

ABSTRACT:

Background: SMBG is expensive practice especially in patients with type 2 diabetes, therefore there is a substantial controversy about this, but it is extensively suggested as a part of diabetes management. It has been found by few randomized controlled trials that self-blood glucose level monitoring is associated with a statistically significant decrease in HbA1c compared with control groups. Methodology: A descriptive study on 400 diabetic patients having age between 30-80 years with the help well designed questionnaire containing the major parameters was conducted in a tertiary care hospital of larkana. Data was evaluated with the help of Spss.20.00 software. Results: Out of 400 diabetic patients 212 were male from those 51 (24%) male were involved in monitoring their blood glucose level with the help of glucometer while 161 (76%) male were involved in checking their blood glucose level by venous puncture. Out of 188 female 67 (35%) female were involved in checking their blood glucose level with the help of glucometer while 121 (65%) female were involved in checking their blood glucose level by venous puncture. All 36, 55, 26 and 3 patients were involved in SMBG on daily, two times in a week, three times weekly and once in a 15 days or months respectively check their blood glucose level with the help of glucometer. 272 diabetic patients who were involved in SMBG once in a 15 days or months check their blood glucose level with the help of venous puncture. Conclusion: It was also observed that the diabetic patients who were follow the recommendation of self-blood glucose level monitoring (SMBG) were involved in checking their blood glucose level with the help of glucometer as compare to venous puncture. Keywords: Diabetes, SMBG, Glucometer, Venous Puncture, Sampling.

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