IDS Monthly Survey: June 2022
LAST MONTH’S SURVEY QUESTION:
In last month’s edition of Diabetes Bites, we asked CGM users CGM system how often they check their blood sugar with a fingerstick meter. Here’s how you responded:
Never: 23%
Once or twice a week: 47%
Daily (or almost daily): 18%
Three to four times a day: 7%
More than four times a day: 5%
Since 70% of respondents reported that they rarely check fingerstick glucose levels, it is worth nothing the situations in which we continue to recommend fingersticks, even when using a CGM that does not require calibration:
- During warmup periods and data gaps
- On day one of sensor use (until readings match up fairly closely)
- If physical symptoms do not match sensor values
- When recovering from hypoglycemia
- During and immediately after exercise
- After taking a substance that may interfere with sensor accuracy
THIS MONTH’S NEW SURVEY QUESTION:
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