Feasibility and effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose among insulin-dependent patients with type 2 diabetes: open randomized control trial in three rural districts in Rwanda

Table 2 Mean differences between HBA1C at 6 months and baseline within study arms

Study arm	Mean (SD) HbA1C at baseline	Mean (SD) HbA1C at six months	Mean (CI) difference^*	P-value
Intervention (n = 38)	7.98 (1.86)	7.05(1.61)	-0.94 (-1.46, -0.41)	< 0.001
Control (n = 35)	7.26 (1.41)	7.99(2.38)	0.73 (-0.09, 1.54)	0.0794
Control (n = 35)	7.26 (1.41)	7.99(2.38)	p-value comparing mean differences⁺	< 0.001

Note: Control, n = 38 at baseline and n = 35 at six months; 2 patients LTFU and 1 died; Intervention, n = 42 at baseline and n = 38 at six months; 3 patients LTFU and 1 died
^*Statistic used: paired t-test
⁺two sample t-test

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