Wing-hang Mak|Rebecca W. Lau
Predictors of self-monitoring of blood glucose among noninsulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting in Hong Kong: A cross-sectional study
Hospital Authority|Chinese University of Hong Kong
current study aimed examine relationship patient characteristics internal psychological external psychological internal physical external physical educational selfmonitoring blood glucose among noninsulintreated patients type 2 diabetes local primary care settingthis crosssectional study data collected structured questionnaire correlational multivariate multiple regression analyses performed three hundred seventyfour noninsulintreated patients type 2 diabetes eligible completed questionnaire august 2019 response rate 935 respondents selfreported selfmonitoring blood glucose adherence main outcome measurein predicting selfmonitoring blood glucose adherence current regression model accounted 123 variance adjusted r2 0123 p 005 internal psychological factors educational factors significant external psychological factors external physical factors internal physical factors found statistically nonsignificantthe findings highlighted facilitating role internal psychological factors educational factors smbg adherence noninsulintreated type 2 diabetic patients among factors education aspect relatively strongly associated increased smbg adherence adequate patient education diabetes smbg increased literacy would possibly strengthen patients internal psychological factors motivate uptake smbg practice implications current findings suggested research different smbg parameters warranted fill knowledge gap structuring individualized targeted smbg protocol better diabetic care