Table 2.
Health care professionals’ responses to 25 survey statements about the OneTouch Select Plus Simple meter. Results shown are percentage favorable responses (“strongly agree” or “agree”) on a five-point scale where 1=strongly agree, 2=agree, 3=neither agree nor disagree, 4=disagree, and 5=strongly disagree. All percentage favorable responses are statistically significant (ie, lower bound of 95% confidence limits >50%)
| Survey statements | Favorable response, n (%) | |||||
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Russia (n=50) |
India (n=50) |
China (n=50) |
United States (n=30) |
Total (N=180) |
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| With security from understanding their blood glucose results, patients will feel confident in managing their diabetes |
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45 (90) | 41 (82) | 39 (78) | 18 (60) | 142 (79) |
| ColorSure technology shows patients when they are in range (green) and gives positive feedback which may help to keep them on track |
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43 (86) | 37 (74) | 46 (92) | 21 (70) | 148 (82) |
| Patients will feel reassured using this meter because of the ColorSure technology, audio signals, and it is so simple and easy to use right out of the box |
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49 (98) | 41 (82) | 42 (84) | 22 (73) | 155 (86) |
| Recommendations from me, written in the Reference Card Guide could help my patients know what to do next |
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50 (100) | 42 (84) | 45 (90) | 22 (73) | 158 (88) |
| This meter with ColorSure technology helps patients feel more confident about managing their diabetes than numbers alone |
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47 (94) | 40 (80) | 44 (88) | 25 (83) | 157 (87) |
| With this meter, patients can feel secure because they can see and hear when they may need to act |
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48 (96) | 41 (82) | 47 (94) | 22 (73) | 158 (88) |
| With ColorSure technology to help them understand their numbers, a beep to tell them when they may need to take action, and reference card, patients can feel reassured |
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47 (94) | 42 (84) | 44 (88) | 18 (60) | 151 (84) |
| This meter helps tell patients when they may need to act and when they may be good to go |
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42 (84) | 45 (90) | 47 (94) | 19 (63) | 153 (85) |
| The small and slim design with large, easy-to-read numbers will help this meter fit into my patient’s life |
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44 (88) | 41 (82) | 45 (90) | 18 (60) | 148 (82) |
| Easy-to-understand ColorSure technology could support patients to know when to act on their blood glucose results |
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46 (92) | 45 (90) | 44 (88) | 19 (63) | 155 (86) |
| Patients would feel secure when using this meter because it has ColorSure technology and audio signals |
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41 (82) | 42 (84) | 42 (84) | 18 (60) | 142 (79) |
| With this meter, patients can feel reassured because they can see and hear if they may need to act |
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43 (86) | 40 (80) | 44 (88) | 18 (60) | 146 (81) |
| This meter provides patients with the added security of understanding their blood glucose numbers and reassurance about managing their diabetes |
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45 (90) | 43 (86) | 44 (88) | 18 (60) | 149 (83) |
| The meter is so straight forward, it could be used right out of the box without any additional instructions from me |
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48 (96) | 43 (86) | 43 (86) | 20 (67) | 155 (86) |
| This meter will help patients to feel confident about their blood glucose result/ about managing their diabetes, they just insert a test strip to get started |
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47 (94) | 42 (84) | 46 (92) | 19 (63) | 155 (86) |
| Easy-to-understand ColorSure technology helps patients to know when they may need to act on their blood glucose results |
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44 (88) | 41 (82) | 45 (90) | 20 (67) | 149 (83) |
| Patients will feel a sense of security using this meter because of the ColorSure technology, audio signals, and it is so simple and easy to use right out of the box |
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44 (88) | 39 (78) | 48 (96) | 21 (70) | 151 (84) |
| The audio signal makes it clear when results are high or low so that patients can consider when to take action |
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47 (94) | 44 (88) | 46 (92) | 25 (83) | 162 (90) |
| Recommendations from me written in the reference card guide could help my patients make the right decisions about their blood glucose results |
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47 (94) | 41 (82) | 47 (94) | 24 (80) | 158 (88) |
| This meter is so simple, the majority of my patients could start using it without additional training |
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46 (92) | 43 (86) | 46 (92) | 20 (67) | 155 (86) |
| Using a meter with ColorSure technology helps patients feel more secure about managing their blood sugar levels than a meter without ColorSure technology |
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48 (96) | 43 (86) | 47 (94) | 18 (60) | 157 (87) |
| This meter provides patients with the added reassurance of understanding their blood glucose numbers and confidence about managing their diabetes |
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47 (94) | 42 (84) | 44 (88) | 18 (60) | 151 (84) |
| This meter brings clear understanding of results for my patients with sight and sound |
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47 (94) | 40 (80) | 47 (94) | 18 (60) | 151 (84) |
| With the reassurance from understanding their blood glucose results, patients will feel confident in managing their diabetes |
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45 (90) | 47 (94) | 45 (90) | 19 (63) | 157 (87) |
| The meter is a simple first step to understanding blood sugar results |
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46 (92) | 39 (78) | 46 (92) | 20 (67) | 151 (84) |