title: Why having older diabetics self-monitor blood sugars pays off.
abstract: By providing immediate positive rewards for actions that retard hyperglycemia, self-monitoring can reinforce patients' incentive to stick to their diets. This gives them a feeling of more control and satisfaction with the changes they make. Among 100 patients treated by a diabetologist, 70% were interested in home blood sugar monitoring techniques for better management of blood sugars, including more than one-half of all type II patients.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012648:Self Care