Flash Glucose Monitoring in Israel : Understanding Real-World Associations between Self-Monitoring Frequency and Metrics of Glycemic Control

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OBJECTIVE: Flash glucose monitoring has been widely used in Israel for diabetes treatment and since 2018, the cost is reimbursed for all people with type 1 diabetes nationally. In the current study, we present the daily scanning behavior for FreeStyle Libre users in Israel and how this was associated with a range of metrics for glycemic assessment.

METHODS: Deidentified data from FreeStyle Libre readers were collected between September 2014 and October 2020. Scan-rate data from Israel was extracted and sorted into 10 equal-sized groups based on scan frequency. The glucose parameters derived for each group were: estimated HbA1c (eA1c), time in range (TIR) between 70 and 180 mg/dL, and time with glucose levels of <70 mg/dL, <54 mg/dL, and >180 mg/dL.

RESULTS: The data set for Israel included 12 370 readers, with data from 131 639 separate glucose sensors representing 152 million automatically recorded individual glucose readings. Users performed an average of 15 daily glucose scans, ranging from a mean of 4.1 scans per day (lowest, 10%), rising to a mean of 38.7 scans/day (highest, 10%) (median, 12; IQR, 8-18 for all readers). As the scan rates increased, the eA1c decreased from 7.6% to 6.7% (P < .001). Mean TIR increased from 56.9% to 70.0% with increasing scan rates (P < .001). Concordantly, time with glucose levels of >180 mg/dL and <54 mg/dL decreased from 37.2% to 23.6% (P < .001) and from 2.23% to 1.99%, respectively, as scan frequency increased.

CONCLUSION: In Israel, people with diabetes under real-world conditions record higher rates of FreeStyle Libre scanning. These are associated with improvements in TIR, eA1c, and reduced time with glucose levels of >180 mg/dL or <54 mg/dL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - 28(2022), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 472-478

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eldor, Roy [VerfasserIn]
Roitman, Eytan [VerfasserIn]
Merzon, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Toledano, Yoel [VerfasserIn]
Alves, Clara [VerfasserIn]
Tsur, Anat [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Estimated HbA1c
Flash glucose monitoring
Glucose
Hyperglycemia
Hypoglycemia
IY9XDZ35W2
Israel
Journal Article
Real-world data

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Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 17.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.eprac.2022.02.004

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33699950X