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. 2009 Nov;3(6):1402–1410. doi: 10.1177/193229680900300621

Table 2.

Respondent Ratings of Blood Glucose Monitoring System, Insulin Delivery System, and Quality of Life by Treatment Groupa

Category measure SMBG + CSII (Unadjusted) RT-CGM/CSII (Unadjusted) SMBG + CSII (Adjusted) RT-CGM/CSII (Adjusted)
BG monitoring system

 Convenience 62.4 ± 24.2 57.8 ± 22.8 61.8 58.2
 Interference 17.5 ± 24.8b 30.6 ± 23.5 18.3b 30.0
 BG burden 21.5 ± 33.9 22.3 ± 34.5 21.8 22.1
 BG control 49.0 ± 24.4 69.1 ± 20.8b,c 48.2 69.8b,c
 Cost satisfaction 50.6 ± 36.3 46.2 ± 40.8 50.2 46.5
 Overall satisfaction 52.9 ± 26.2 62.5 ± 22.8b 52.2 64.4b
 Switch BG monitoring system 58.3 ± 27.6 33.2 ± 24.4b,c 58.9 32.3b,c
 Recommend BG monitoring system 69.2 ± 23.2 80.6 ± 21.6b,c 68.7 81.1b,c
Insulin delivery system
 Convenience 70.7 ± 20.4 78.6 ± 16.9b 70.8 78.5b
 Interference 25.1 ± 23.2 22.5 ± 20.4 25.5 22.9
 BG burden 24.5 ± 33.6 18.2 ± 31.0 24.6 18.3
 BG control 63.1 ± 22.2 68.7 ± 19.7d 62.8 69.0d
 Cost satisfaction 44.4 ± 35.6 46.6 ± 35.1 44.6 46.5
 Overall satisfaction 66.7 ± 22.5 73.4 ± 21.8d 66.9 73.2d
 Switch insulin delivery system 38.4 ± 27.3 24.7 ± 21.9d 38.0 24.9b
 Recommend insulin delivery system 82.9 ± 20.8 87.5 ± 17.8e 82.6 87.9e
Quality of life
 Worries 48.4 ± 19.4 45.4 ± 18.4 48.7 45.1
 Social burden 30.9 ± 18.7 32.4 ± 18.2 31.1 32.4
 Positive well-being 55.6 ± 17.7 56.2 ± 17.0 55.4 56.4
 Negative well-being 47.5 ± 21.1 42.2 ± 20.2e 47.1 42.7
a

Cell entries are mean (± standard deviation); adjusted means obtained by analysis of covariance with covariates from Table 1 set to mean values.

b

p < .001 (more positive perception).

c

Effect size more than 0.5 pooled SDUs.

d

p < .01 (more positive perception).

e

p < .05 (more positive perception).