title: Approaches to display of multiple-point glucose profiles: A UK patient's perspective.
abstract: Multiple-point glucose profiles are now acknowledged, in the diabetes literature, as a key way for people with diabetes to analyze and interpret blood glucose control (BGC).(1-3) Combined methods to visualize relevant blood glucose information are increasingly recognized as a more effective method of explaining actionable glucose profiles.(4,15(p564)) This commentary is written from the perspective of a person with type 1 diabetes and might add value to the existing understanding about relevant ways to display BGC data. Through discussion of the limits to current multiple-point glucose displays, for example, AGP "dashboard," a proposed alternative method of graphical display that brings together HbA1c and self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) test data is presented.
authors.affiliation: Member of the British Psychological (MBPsS) Society, England, UK kaydan6@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose
keywords: blood glucose data; diabetes management; distributional information; interpretation; self-monitoring of blood glucose