The effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for self-control in diabetes mellitus.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670947
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: University of the Ryukyus
• Principal Investigator: GUSHIKEN Michiko 琉球大学, 医学部, 助教 (10305196)
• Research Collaborator: Omlor Yukiko 琉球大学, 医学部附属病院, 看護師 ; UTUNOMIYA Noriko 琉球大学, 医学部附属病院, 看護師 ; GOYA Hidenori 琉球大学, 医学部附属病院, 看護師 ; ITOKAZU Chiemi 琉球大学, 医学部附属病院, 看護師長 ; MASUZAKI Hiroaki 琉球大学, 医学部, 教授 ; TUZINO Kumiko 琉球大学, 医学部, 教授 ; SUNAKAWA Hiroshi すなかわ内科クリニック, 院長 ; YOGI Hirokazu 中部協同病院, 院長 ; HIGA Moritake 豊見城中央病院, 医師 ; KISE Michiko 浦添総合病院, 医師
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ＣＧＭＳ / ＧＴＡ / ＰＡＩＤ / 糖尿病個別教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The aim of the study was to verify the effectiveness of continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for self-control in type 2 diabetics. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted to six patients with type 2 diabetes used CGMS for a week, and the interview data were analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Graphical presentation of continuous glucose levels led patients to come to realize their unbalanced diets. This awareness motivated them to improve their eating habits.
The Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) survey was conducted before and after 20 adult patients used a CGMS. The Student's t-test were used to analyze associations between the PAID score and background factors of patients. PAID scores showed a significant association with patient employment status in terms of reducing the emotional burden due to the treatment of diabetes (p<0.05).
These researches suggest that CGMS is effective in patient motivation and educating people with jobs about diabetes.

Free Research Field

臨床看護学