ArticleDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders2020
Effectiveness of the Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System on Diabetes Distress Among Individuals with Type 1 Diabetes: A Prospective Study.
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- Reductions in Management Distress Following a Randomized Distress Intervention Are Associated With Improved Diabetes Behavioral and Glycemic Outcomes Over Time.Diabetes care · 2021Trial
- Exploring the clinical features and complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective analysis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Role of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Supporting Glycemic Control Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Assessment of Patient-reported Satisfaction and Metabolic Outcomes Following Initiation of the Second Generation of Flash Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes.Current diabetes reviews · 2024Observational
- Utility and precision evidence of technology in the treatment of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review.Communications medicine · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Using the FreeStyle LibreDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Flash glucose monitoring system in patients with type 1 diabetes in healthcare center in Brazil: real world data from a short-term prospective study.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2023Article
- Commencement of flash glucose monitoring is associated with a decreased rate of depressive disorders among persons with diabetes (FLARE-NL7).BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Article
- FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring system for people with type 1 diabetes in the UK: a budget impact analysis.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Article
- Flash monitor initiation is associated with improvements in HbADiabetologia · 2022Observational
- Assessing Diabetes Distress and Sleep Quality in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Using FreeStyle Libre: A Prospective Cohort Study.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2020Article
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aimTo study and explore the intervention of the flash glucose monitoring system (FGMS) on diabetes-related distress (DRD) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
methodsA 12-week prospective study was performed from March 2019 to July 2019 involving 187 children and adolescents (age range 13-19 years; 56.7% female) with T1D who were self-testing their glucose levels using the conventional fingerprick method. At the time of the baseline visit, FGMS sensors were fixed by a trained diabetes educator onto each patient in the study population. A trained interviewer also administered the 28-item T1-Diabetes Distress Scale (T1-DDS) questionnaire to each participant at the baseline visit and again after 12 weeks to determine the T1-DDS score.
resultsComparison of the baseline (fingerprick) data with data collected at 12 weeks after the patients had switched to the FGMS revealed a significant decrease in the subdomains of the T1-DDS as follows: powerlessness (p = 0.0001); management distress (p = 0.0001); hypoglycemia distress (p = 0.0001); negative social perceptions (p = 0.0001); eating (p = 0.0001); physician distress (p = 0.0001); friend/family distress (p = 0.0001); and total T1-DDS score (p = 0.0001). Similarly, analysis of the data revealed that there was also a substantial drop from baseline to 12 weeks after initiation of the intervention in the clinical variables assessed, such as glycosylated hemoglobin; specifically, there was a considerable decrease after 12 weeks in the frequency of hypoglycemia. Interestingly, the frequency of glucose monitoring also showed an upswing among users of the FGMS.
conclusionThe outcomes of this study clearly demonstrate that once the patients had been switched from the fingerprick method to FGMS, the DRD and related clinical parameters showed remarkable improvement. However, further studies are necessary to determine whether the continued and consistent use of the FGMS will achieve better results.
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