T1DM | T2DM | |||
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Impact of hypoglycemic events on the medical system (%) | Retrospective (n = 306) | Prospective (n = 253) | Retrospective (n = 2042) | Prospective (n = 1796) |
Events requiring hospital admission | 10.2 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 1.9 |
Attended additional clinical appointments | 15.8 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 8.0 |
Made additional telephone contacts | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
Patient response to hypoglycemia (%) | Retrospective (n = 306) | Prospective (n = 252) | Retrospective (n = 2042) | Prospective (n = 1781) |
Consulted their doctor/nurse | 47.4 | 32.9 | 39.3 | 32.6 |
Required any form of medical assistance | 48.7 | 33.3 | 41.0 | 32.6 |
Increased calorie intake | 35.3 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 17.6 |
Avoided physical exercise | 17.6 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 9.2 |
Reduced insulin dose | 35.0 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 13.0 |
Skipped insulin injections | 23.9 | 10.3 | 18.0 | 9.8 |
Increased blood glucose monitoring | 52.3 | 46.4 | 28.9 | 20.9 |
Impact of hypoglycemic events on work and study (%) | Retrospective (n = 200) | Prospective (n = 166) | Retrospective (n = 360) | Prospective (n = 321) |
Taken leave from work or studies | 22.0 | 6.6 | 10.8 | 3.1 |
Arrived late to work/studies | 24.5 | 9 | 6.4 | 2.5 |
Left early from work/studies | 20.5 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 2.5 |
T1DM (N = 306) | T2DM (N = 2042) | |||
Knew what hypoglycemia was at baseline before Part 1 SAQ (%) | ||||
91.3 | 60.4 | |||
Defined hypoglycemia based on (%) | ||||
Symptoms only | 54.6 | 52.4 | ||
Blood glucose measurement only | 2.3 | 3.5 | ||
Either | 15.4 | 15.2 | ||
Both | 24.2 | 18.8 | ||
Hypoglycemia awareness (%) | ||||
Normal | 71.6 | 53.3 | ||
Impaired | 25.2 | 38.5 | ||
Severely impaired | 0.7 | 2.8 | ||
Fear of hypoglycemia (Scale of 0 to 10; %) | ||||
0 = no fear | 19.9 | 24.3 | ||
1 | 3.9 | 5.9 | ||
2 | 2.3 | 5.8 | ||
3 | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
4 | 5.6 | 4.6 | ||
5 | 13.1 | 10.7 | ||
6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | ||
7 | 9.8 | 9.9 | ||
8 | 10.1 | 8.7 | ||
9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | ||
10 = absolutely terrified | 17.3 | 12.2 |