title: [Evaluation of 2 home monitoring schemes in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus].
abstract: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two monitoring schemes(blood and urine) in the metabolic control of type 1 diabetic patients, in biweekly therapeutic adjustments, along 6 months of participation in the educational groups. A sample of 34 patients was divided in two groups. The interventions proposed to group A were daily blood glucose monitoring, during three consecutive days for each period (before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner and before bed) and biweekly in the dawn. For the other group B was proposed daily urine glucose monitoring, during three consecutive days for each period (before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner and before bed). These schemes were used to construct glycemic profile and to determine the therapeutic adjustments. The results evidenced that there was no significant statistical difference in the metabolic control after proposed intervention in each group. In spite of this, the monitoring facilitated the educational process and the considerations about the use of more intensive monitoring schemes.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Médico-Cirúrgica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo. sogrossi@usp.br
authors.forename: Sonia Aurora
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: Tamara Iwanow
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Cianciarullo
authors.forename: Thaís Della
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Manna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011934:Reagent Strips
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips