Pain reduction and financial incentives to improve glucose monitoring adherence in a community health center

Self-monitoring of blood glucose is a critical component of diabetes management. However, patients often do not maintain the testing schedule recommended by their healthcare provider. Many barriers to testing have been cited, including cost and pain. We present a small pilot study to explore whether...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-12, Vol.9 (12), p.e114875
Hauptverfasser:	Huntsman, Mary Ann H, Olivares, Faith J, Tran, Christina P, Billimek, John, Hui, Elliot E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adhesion Adolescent Biology and Life Sciences Blood glucose Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - methods Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring - standards Blood glucose test Case-Control Studies Communities Community Health Centers Critical components Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - economics Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology Economic incentives Ethnic factors Ethnicity Feasibility studies Female Glucose Glucose - analysis Glucose monitoring Health Health care Health care industry Health Literacy Humans Incentives Low income groups Male Medicine and Health Sciences Minority & ethnic groups Pain Pain - prevention & control Pain management Patient Compliance Patients Pilot Projects Studies
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