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Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase
OBJECTIVE: To understand the blood glucose meter buying behavior of type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (two or more HbA1c ≥ 8% during visits in one year) and identify factors influencing it. METHODS: A survey was conducted among 585 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control who w...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880088 |
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author | Pan, Bai-ling Pan, Yi-tong Gao, Zu-hua Tung, Tao-Hsin |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To understand the blood glucose meter buying behavior of type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (two or more HbA1c ≥ 8% during visits in one year) and identify factors influencing it. METHODS: A survey was conducted among 585 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control who were treated in the outpatient or inpatient clinics of the Department of Endocrinology, Taizhou Hospital, Zhejiang Province from June 2020 to May 2021. The questionnaire collected general information and clinical data, and assessed blood glucose meter buying behavior. Chi-square test was used to compare the essential characteristics and clinical data between buyers and non-buyers of blood glucose meters. Additionally, stepwise logistic regression was used to analyze the factors influencing purchase. RESULTS: Of the 585 questionnaires distributed, 527 (90.09%) valid questionnaires were collected. Of the 527 respondents, 285 (54.08%) had purchased blood glucose meters. Not receiving insulin therapy (OR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.13–2.77) and unawareness of self-monitoring of blood glucose (OR: 19.46, 95% CI: 12.51–30.26) were risk factors for non-purchase. CONCLUSION: There is a need to actively increase the purchase of glucose meters among diabetic patients, by educating them about the importance of self-monitoring of blood glucose. |
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spelling | pubmed-91491752022-05-31 Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase Pan, Bai-ling Pan, Yi-tong Gao, Zu-hua Tung, Tao-Hsin Front Public Health Public Health OBJECTIVE: To understand the blood glucose meter buying behavior of type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (two or more HbA1c ≥ 8% during visits in one year) and identify factors influencing it. METHODS: A survey was conducted among 585 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control who were treated in the outpatient or inpatient clinics of the Department of Endocrinology, Taizhou Hospital, Zhejiang Province from June 2020 to May 2021. The questionnaire collected general information and clinical data, and assessed blood glucose meter buying behavior. Chi-square test was used to compare the essential characteristics and clinical data between buyers and non-buyers of blood glucose meters. Additionally, stepwise logistic regression was used to analyze the factors influencing purchase. RESULTS: Of the 585 questionnaires distributed, 527 (90.09%) valid questionnaires were collected. Of the 527 respondents, 285 (54.08%) had purchased blood glucose meters. Not receiving insulin therapy (OR: 1.77, 95% CI: 1.13–2.77) and unawareness of self-monitoring of blood glucose (OR: 19.46, 95% CI: 12.51–30.26) were risk factors for non-purchase. CONCLUSION: There is a need to actively increase the purchase of glucose meters among diabetic patients, by educating them about the importance of self-monitoring of blood glucose. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9149175/ /pubmed/35651857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880088 Text en Copyright © 2022 Pan, Pan, Gao and Tung. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Pan, Bai-ling Pan, Yi-tong Gao, Zu-hua Tung, Tao-Hsin Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title | Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title_full | Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title_fullStr | Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title_full_unstemmed | Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title_short | Blood Glucose Meter Buying Behavior of Diabetic Patients: Factors Influencing Purchase |
title_sort | blood glucose meter buying behavior of diabetic patients: factors influencing purchase |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9149175/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651857 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.880088 |
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