Table 2.
| Mean score |
(%) favorable 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall mean score | 4.1 | 79% |
| Benefit subscale4 | 4.4 | 89% |
| Lack of Hassle subscale4 | 3.9 | 72% |
| Question | Mean | N (%) favorable3 |
| Makes me feel safer knowing that I will be warned about low blood sugar before it happens | 4.8 | 19 (95%) |
| ►I don’t recommend this for other children with diabetes | 4.7 | 18 (90%) |
| Has made me worry less about having low blood sugars | 4.7 | 18 (90%) |
| Shows patterns in blood sugars that we didn’t see before | 4.6 | 19 (95%) |
| Helps to keep low blood sugars from happening | 4.6 | 19 (95%) |
| Helps with keeping diabetes under control on sick days | 4.6 | 19 (95%) |
| Helps me to relax, knowing that unwanted changes in blood sugar will be detected quickly | 4.5 | 19 (95%) |
| Helps in adjusting doses of insulin needed through the night | 4.5 | 20 (100%) |
| Helps prevent problems rather than fixing them after they’ve happened | 4.5 | 19 (95%) |
| I want to use this device when it is approved for sale | 4.5 | 17 (85%) |
| Has taught me new things about diabetes that I didn’t know before | 4.4 | 18 (90%) |
| ►Is more trouble than it is worth | 4.4 | 16 (80%) |
| Teaches me how eating affects blood sugar | 4.4 | 18 (90%) |
| Makes it clearer how some everyday habits affect blood sugar levels | 4.4 | 20 (100%) |
| Helps me to be sure about making diabetes decisions | 4.3 | 19 (95%) |
| Has helped me to learn how to treat low sugars better | 4.3 | 20 (100%) |
| ►Has caused more family arguments | 4.3 | 17 (85%) |
| ►Skips too many readings to be useful | 4.3 | 18 (90%) |
| Makes adjusting insulin easier | 4.2 | 16 (80%) |
| Allows more freedom in daily life | 4.2 | 15 (75%) |
| ►Gives a lot of results that don’t make sense | 4.1 | 16 (80%) |
| ►Makes it harder to sleep | 4.1 | 15 (75%) |
| ►Causes more embarrassment about feeling different from others | 4.1 | 15 (75%) |
| ►The feedback from the device is not easy to understand or useful | 4.1 | 16 (80%) |
| ►Causes me to be more worried about controlling blood sugars | 4.0 | 16 (80%) |
| Has helped me to learn about the right amount of exercise | 4.0 | 14 (70%) |
| Has helped my family to get along better about diabetes | 4.0 | 14 (70%) |
| ►Causes too many hassles in daily life | 4.0 | 13 (65%) |
| ►Is too hard to get working right | 4.0 | 15 (75%) |
| Makes it easier to complete other diabetes self care duties | 3.9 | 13 (65%) |
| ►Causes our family to talk about blood sugars too much | 3.9 | 15 (75%) |
| Has helped to adjust pre-meal insulin doses | 3.9 | 16 (80%) |
| ►Makes me think about diabetes too much | 3.9 | 14 (70%) |
| ►Has been harder or more complicated than expected | 3.9 | 12 (60%) |
| ►Causes others to ask too many questions about diabetes | 3.8 | 14 (70%) |
| ►Interferes a lot with sports, playing outside, etc | 3.8 | 14 (70%) |
| ►Causes too many interruptions during the day | 3.8 | 14 (70%) |
| Has made it easier to accept doing blood sugar tests | 3.6 | 12 (60%) |
| ►Alarms too often for no good reason | 3.5 | 13 (65%) |
| Has helped to control diabetes better even when not wearing it | 3.5 | 9 (45%) |
| ►Shows more “glitches” and “bugs” than it should | 3.5 | 12 (60%) |
| ►Sometimes gives too much information to work with | 3.4 | 11 (55%) |
| ►Is uncomfortable or painful | 3.4 | 9 (45%) |
1
Scoring on a 5 point Likert scale with a higher value denoting more favorable response towards CGM use.
2
►indicates a negatively worded item, the scoring of which has been reversed so that a higher score denotes a more favorable response towards CGM.
3
A favorable response is defined as agree/strongly agree with positively worded item or disagree/strongly disagree with negatively worded item.
4
Benefits of CGM and Lack of Hassles of CGM (25). A higher value denotes more satisfaction for both subscales (more perceived benefit or fewer hassles).