Table 6.

Knowledge and barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose level

Parameter		Patients, n (%)
Knowledge regarding blood glucose testing	Operation of glucometer Doing pre-prandial blood glucose testing for patients on insulin therapy Doing at least once daily testing for blood glucose testing level (for patients on oral anti-diabetics)	22 (88) 1 (4) 1 (4)
Barrier to glucose testing	Absence of hyperglycemia symptoms Cost of strips Unavailability of glucometer Stress from test results Pain of pricking the skin Negligence	6 (24) 6 (24) 2 (8) 5 (20) 4 (16) 3 (12)

Note: Summation of percentages may be more than 100% because some patients mentioned more than one barrier.