From: Retrospective assessment of the quality of diabetes care in a rural diabetes clinic in Western Kenya
Time | Self-monitored blood glucose | Regular Care | ||||||||
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N | Peripheral neuropathy events (n, %) | Ocular events (n, %) | Hypo-glycemic episodes (n, %) | Hyper-glycemic episodes (n, %) | N | Peripheral neuropathy events (n, %) | Ocular events (n, %) | Hypo-glycemic episodes (n, %) | Hyper-glycemic episodes (n, %) | |
0 months | 85 | 46 (54%) | 45 (53%) | 43 (51%) | 68 (80%) | 440 | 232 (53%) | 243 (55%) | 98 (22%) | 162 (37%) |
3 months | 71 | 42 (59%) | 39 (55%) | 50 (70%)* | 25 (35%)* | 296 | 170 (57%)* | 156 (53%)* | 84 (28%)* | 44 (15%)* |
6 months | 59 | 33 (56%) | 31 (53%) | 30 (51%) | 27 (46%)* | 230 | 125 (54%)* | 124 (54%) | 69 (30%)* | 55 (24%)* |
9 months | 58 | 33 (57%) | 29 (50%) | 36 (62%)* | 32 (55%)* | 208 | 106 (51%)* | 87 (42%)* | 66 (32%)* | 41 (20%)* |
12 months | 55 | 27 (49%) | 27 (49%) | 29 (53%)* | 10 (18%)* | 170 | 78 (46%) | 76 (45%)* | 33 (19%)* | 25 (15%)* |
15 months | 50 | 23 (46%) | 27 (54%) | 16 (32%)* | 20 (40%)* | 138 | 64 (46%)* | 52 (38%)* | 24 (17%)* | 27 (20%)* |
18 months | 43 | 17 (40%)* | 17 (40%)* | 17 (40%)* | 5 (12%)* | 114 | 44 (39%)* | 39 (34%)* | 16 (14%)* | 17 (15%)* |