Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Dickson Abanimi Amugsi
Men's education and intimate partner violence-Beyond the victim-oriented perspective: Evidence from demographic and health surveys in Central Africa
PloS one
background continuous glucose monitoring cgm evolving technology provides wealth information aid managing diabetes professional cgm procgm recommended personal cgm desired available patients medically underserved areas may limited access personal cgm devices thus procgm devices used shortterm monitoring medication adjustment clinical pharmacists wellpositioned help set establish personal professional cgm management services objectives determine effect procgm patients persistently uncontrolled type 2 diabetes medically underserved population mup methods prepost intervention analysis single cohort patients public health center patients persistently uncontrolled a1c 9 taking least one daily dose insulin included included participants wore procgm sensor met clinical pharmacist least procgm data interpretation education primary analysis evaluated patients achieved a1c 9 16 months intervention change a1c also evaluated participants completed pre postsurvey experience results twentytwo patients included final analysis ten patients achieved a1c 9 45 mean a1c pre postprocgm 110 98 respectively decrease 12 p0055 overall decrease 17 patients wore sensor least 10 days p0012 n15 using cgm data 91 participants change medication regimen 45 achieved a1c 9 six participants experienced hypoglycemia per cgm report two aware reviewing glucose report pharmacist 95 respondents agreed strongly agreed feeling knowledgeable blood sugar patterns reviewing report pharmacist conclusion almost half patients study achieved a1c 9 study demonstrated glycemic benefit patients mup wore procgm least 10 days met clinical pharmacist data procgm enabled patients better understand glucose patterns persistently uncontrolled type 2 diabetes