Negative Pressure Suction During Blood Sampling May Reduce the Difference in Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Results Between Fingertip Pricking and Forearm Pricking

Blood sampling for self-monitoring of blood glucose is difficult for the elderly with low dexterity. We developed and tested the utility of an automatic puncturing and sampling (APS) system as a part of an automatic SMBG device, but success rates of securing sufficient blood volume was low (61.9%). Thus, the squeezing condition was changed to increase its success rate. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact to the amount of bleeding by making changes to the squeezing condition. In our previous experiment, blood sampling was performed simultaneously with squeezing, whereas the present study tested blood sampling after squeezing. This method increased the success rate (75%) among eight subjects who had a low success rate (25%) in the previous experiment using the APS system.

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Instruments for Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: Comparisons of Testing Quality Achieved by Patients and a Technician

Clinical Chemistry ◽

10.1093/clinchem/48.7.994 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 48 (7) ◽

pp. 994-1003 ◽

Cited By ~ 102

Author(s):

Svein Skeie ◽

Geir Thue ◽

Kari Nerhus ◽

Sverre Sandberg

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Laboratory Method ◽

Medical Laboratory ◽

Healthcare Personnel ◽

Analytical Quality ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Quality Specifications ◽

The Difference

Abstract Background: Instruments for self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) are increasingly used by patients with diabetes. The analytical quality of meters in routine use is poorly characterized. Methods: We compared SMBG performance achieved by patients and by a medical laboratory technician. Imprecision was calculated from duplicate measurements, and deviation as the difference between the first measurement and the mean of duplicate laboratory-method results (calibrated with NIST material). Analytical quality for five groups of SMBG instruments was compared with quality specifications for BG measurements. All participants completed a questionnaire assessing both SMBG training and use of the meters. Results: We recruited 159 SMBG users from a hospital outpatient clinic and 263 others from 65 randomly selected general practices (total of 422). Most (two thirds) used insulin. CVs for the five meter types were 7%, 11%, 18%, 18%, and 20% in the hands of patients and 2.5–5.9% for the technician. For three of five meter types, patients’ BG measurements had larger deviations from the laboratory results than did the technician’s results. The technician’s performance could not predict the patients’. No instrument when used by patients (but two operated by the technician) met published quality specifications. The analytical quality of patients’ results was not related to whether they had chosen the instruments on advice from healthcare personnel (one-third of patients), were only self-educated in SMBG (50%), or performed SMBG fewer than seven times/week (62%). Conclusions: The analytical quality of SMBG among patients was poorer than, and could not be predicted from, the performance of the meters in the hands of a technician. We suggest that new instruments be tested in the hands of patients who are trained on meter use in a routine way.

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Capillary Blood Sampling for Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose

Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics ◽

10.1089/152091599317549 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 29-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Su Il Yum ◽

Jeff Roe

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Capillary Blood ◽

Blood Sampling ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Capillary Blood Sampling

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The Health Behavior Schedule-II for Diabetes predicts self-monitoring of blood glucose.

International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy ◽

10.1037/h0101008 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 509-517 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maxwell T. Frank ◽

Sungkun Cho ◽

Elaine M. Heiby ◽

Chun-I Lee ◽

Adrienne L. Lahtela

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Health Behavior ◽

Self Monitoring

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CMS Scrutinizes Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring

Family Practice News ◽

10.1016/s0300-7073(06)73919-6 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 36 (19) ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

MIRIAM E. TUCKER

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Blood Glucose Self Monitoring

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Self-monitoring of blood glucose and perceived obstacles in Turkish patients with diabetes mellitus

Endocrine Abstracts ◽

10.1530/endoabs.35.p483 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Ozlem Turhan Iyidir ◽

Mustafa Unubol ◽

Bulent Ogun Hatipoglu ◽

Ceyla Konca Degertekin

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Blood Glucose ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

Patients With Diabetes ◽

Turkish Patients

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PENGENDALIAN KADAR GLUKOSA DARAH OLEH TEH HIJAU DAN ATAU TEH DAUN MURBEI PADA TIKUS DIABETES

Jurnal Gizi dan Pangan ◽

10.25182/jgp.2010.5.2.87-94 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 87

Author(s):

Rusman Efendi ◽

Evy Damayanthi ◽

Lilik Kustiyah ◽

Nastiti Kusumorini

Keyword(s):

Blood Glucose ◽

Blood Glucose Level ◽

Green Tea ◽

Glucose Level ◽

Diabetic Rats ◽

Feed Consumption ◽

Font Size ◽

High Prevalence ◽

The Difference ◽

Control Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is degeneratif disease with high prevalence that happens in many countries. Several studies had been done to control diabetes by using green tea, mullberry leaf tea, and their mixture. The aim of this research was to analyze the influence of the administration green tea, mullbery leaf tea, and their mixtures to blood glucose level of diabetic rats both during 120 minutes after administration. This research had four phases, first to determine the best mullberry leaf tea, second to fourth phases respectively, determine turnover of blood glucose level on normal rats; attempt during 120 minutes on diabetic rats. The result of research during 120 minutes have showed that blood glucose level on diabetic rats which were administered by green tea, mullberry leaf tea and their mixture is significantly difference with diabetic rats which were administered by water. Blood glucose level at baseline increased at 30th minutes and showed the difference significantly and then until 60th and 120th minutes and relatively stable. During 120 minutes after feed consumption, inhibition of blood glucose level occured increasingly on diabetic rats which were administered by green tea, mullberry leaf tea, and their mixture compared to diabetic rats which were administered by water.

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