Human Factors in Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose. Task 4 Report

摘要

Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) has made important contributions to the quality of diabetes self-care. SMBG allows patients to more actively participate in their own treatment, which is a stated desire of most diabetics. Many patients express satisfaction with the sense of enhanced control over their treatment conferred by SMBG. The overall results of the FDA Study on human factors issues in SMBG are very extensive and cover a wide range of issues surrounding the characteristics of meter users, the techniques employed when using meters, the nature of SMBG instruction, and the design features of meters. The report has the following: Provides an integrated summary of all of the findings from the project which include (1) deviation of the participants' blood glucose readings from a baseline; (2) impact of the environmental conditions in which blood glucose test is performed; (3) characteristics of meter users; (4) design of the blood glucose meters' interface to the user; (5) errors made by experienced and inexperienced meter users; (6) nature of the instruction provided in meter use and care.