Abstract
Background and Aims
We previously reported the setting up of an original educational program for the use of the flash glucose monitoring system and preliminary results in a cohort of 359 subjects with insulin-treated diabetes. We demonstrated that this ambulatory program was feasible in trained teams used to such developments. We present now the qualitative results, focus on the sessions ‘activities, the satisfactory and knowledge questionnaires.
Methods
In June 2017 we developed a five-individual or collective session (10/12 subjects) program over a maximal duration of 6 months with dual teaching. People with diabetes filled out the satisfactory questionnaire at the end of the second collective session and the knowledge questionnaire during the evaluation appointment. Data were extracted from the Sphinx system.
Results
Eight hundred and fourteen persons with insulin-treated diabetes have achieved the program from June 2017 until the end of September 2019. Mean rate of participation to the collective sessions was 90% and 17% for the family environment. Regarding results from 287 satisfactory questionnaires, 95% have modified several points in their daily life; 94% were glad to participate in group; 12.6% of persons with diabetes have disagree with the presence of a family subject; regarding results from the knowledge questionnaire, 91% felt able to decide taking account the arrows tendencies.
Conclusions
The number of patients taking part illustrates the major impact of this useful technology and the need for continual evaluation in diabetic disease. Level of participation was very high; in most cases, the arrows tendencies have helped people with diabetes to manage their treatment.
