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. 2024 Feb 20;14(2):e078171. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078171

Table 1.

Baseline assessments

Demographic
  • Ethnicity

  • Gender

  • Highest level of education attained

Auxological
  • Height

  • Weight

  • Body mass index

Diabetic
  • Prior or current use of CGM or flash glucose monitoring (>75% use)

  • No of episodes of severe hypoglycaemia in the 12 months prior to baseline visit

  • No of episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis in the 12 months prior to baseline visit

  • Mean total daily dose of insulin over the previous 14 days

  • Mode of insulin delivery (ie, multiple daily injections or insulin pump)

  • Clinical examination for lipohypertrophy that may impair absorption of subcutaneous insulin

Laboratory
  • Venous blood sample obtained for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), full blood count and serum creatinine

Clinical
  • Known allergies

  • Concomitant medications

  • Adverse event check

Diet
  • Assessment of current carbohydrate intake, recorded over a 3-day period

Psychosocial
  • EuroQol 5-dimensional Questionnaire 5-Level

  • Insulin Dosing Systems: Perceptions, Ideas, Reflections and Expectations (preintervention questionnaire)

Blinded CGM
  • 14 days use of blinded Dexcom G6

CGM, continuous glucose monitoring.