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.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study aimed to examine the relationship between patient characteristics (internal psychological, external psychological, internal physical, external physical, and educational) and self-monitoring of blood glucose among noninsulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes in a local primary care setting.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study, in which data were collected by a structured questionnaire. Correlational and multivariate multiple regression analyses were performed. Three hundred seventy-four noninsulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes were eligible and completed the questionnaire in August 2019. The response rate was 93.5%. The respondents' self-reported self-monitoring of blood glucose adherence was the main outcome measure.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Mak WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8724976 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature