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ArticleJournal of diabetes and its complications2018

Real life evidence that impaired awareness of hypoglycemia persists for years in patients with type 1 diabetes.

K Zekarias, A Kumar, A Moheet, E Seaquist

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  2. Validating and Establishing a Diagnostic Threshold for the Hypoglycemia Awareness Questionnaire Impaired Awareness Subscale.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · 2023
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K ZekariasUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America.
A KumarUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America.
A MoheetUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America.
E SeaquistUniversity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America. Electronic address: seaqu001@umn.edu.

Funding

Cerebral responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemiaR01DK062440 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI SEAQUIST, ELIZABETH R. · 2002 to 2006
$1.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK062440
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo determine if impaired awareness of hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes persists over time and to assess if continuous glucose monitoring use was associated with improved awareness of hypoglycemia in our population.

methodsThirty-six with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness of hypoglycemia who participated in studies on impaired awareness of hypoglycemia between 2009 and 2015 were contacted to complete an online survey. The survey included the Cox/Clarke and Gold hypoglycemia questionnaires and questions about continuous glucose monitoring use.

results23 of 36 (63%) subjects contacted completed the survey. (12 M, 11 F; median age 51 years, median diabetes duration 34 years). One had had an islet cell transplant and was excluded. Persistent impaired awareness of hypoglycemia was found in 19/22 (86%) using the Cox questionnaire and 18/22 (82%) using the Gold questionnaire. Consistent use of continuous glucose monitoring over the last six months defined as using a device ≥75% of time over the last 6 months was reported by 67% (12/18) and 68% (13/19) of participants with persistent impaired awareness of hypoglycemia as measured by Gold and Cox; respectively. Nineteen of the 22 participants (86%) reported severe hypoglycemia over the last six months.

conclusionImpaired awareness of hypoglycemia persisted in >80% of the subjects with type 1 diabetes we studied between 2009 and 2015. While the consistent use of continuous glucose monitoring among our participants was high; it did not translate into restoration of hypoglycemia awareness in this population. This real world data shows that severe hypoglycemia continues to be a frequent problem in this patient population.

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AwarenessAdultBlood GlucoseBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringCognition DisordersDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FemaleGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemiaInsulinMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinInsulinContinuous glucose monitorHypoglycemiaImpaired awareness of hypoglycemiaSevere hypoglycemiaType 1 diabetes

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PMCPMC6289863

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