Brazilian multicenter study for the evaluation of patients’ satisfaction of blood glucose self-monitoring with BGStar® blood glucose meter in insulinized patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2

Table 4 Overall satisfaction with previous BGM and with investigational BGM after 12 weeks of use, based on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) by age, diabetes type and insulin regimen (m-ITT)

Study period			Total of available patients	Change from baseline	ANOVA p value
Visit	V1	V4		Change from baseline	ANOVA p value
Day/week	Day 1	Week 12		VAS_V4–VAS_V1
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD	VISIT: p < 0.001
Diabetes type
Type 1	73.1 ± 17.2	87.2 ± 13.4	93	14 ± 20.8	VISIT^aTYPE: p = 0.221
Type 2	82 ± 17.7	92.8 ± 11	165	10.8 ± 20.2
Insulin application regimen
Basal-bolus	76 ± 18	89.4 ± 12	158	13.5 ± 20	VISIT: p < 0.001
Other	83.3 ± 17.2	92.8 ± 12.2	100	9.5 ± 20.9	VISIT^aREGIMEN: p = 0.133
Age group
<25 years	72 ± 19.7	89.6 ± 11.4	24	17.6 ± 19.9	VISIT: p < 0.001
25 to <65 years	77.9 ± 18.6	91.2 ± 11.4	171	13.3 ± 20.5	VISIT^aAGE: p = 0.023
≥65 years	83.8 ± 14.2^a	90 ± 14.4	63	6.2 ± 19.6

^aIn the group with ≥65 years the initial evaluation was already high, thus the difference wasn’t significant

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