Barriers to self-monitoring of blood glucose among adults with diabetes in an HMO: A cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Barton Mary B (Author), Zhang Fang (Author), Soumerai Stephen B (Author), Mah Connie (Author), Adams Alyce S (Author), Ross-Degnan Dennis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2003-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies suggest that patients at greatest risk for diabetes complications are least likely to self-monitor blood glucose. However, these studies rely on self-reports of monitoring, an unreliable measure of actual behavior. The...