A comparative assessment of the glucose monitor (SD Codefree) and auto analyzer (BT-3000) in measuring blood glucose concentration among diabetic patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine how well the measurements from a glucometer (SD Codefree) correlated with those from a standard auto analyser (BT-3000) using blood samples from diabetic and non-diabetic patients at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in Ghana. A cross-sectional study was conducted with a total of 150 randomly selected patients; 100 diabetic patients (4 type 1 and 96 type II) and 50 non diabetic patients. Ante-cubital venous and finger pricked blood samples were obtained from the patients following standard procedures, and blood glucose concentrations were determined using the two methods respectively.

Results

Data generated was entered and analysed using SPSS version 20. The mean glucose concentration for the diabetic patients (n = 100) using t

SUBMITTER: Kanwugu ON 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588599 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature