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 3 Glucose meter and logbook data

Glucose meter data	Glucose-meter data	Log-book data
Glucose meter data	Count (%)	Count (%)
Adherence^*
> = 80% of expected blood glucose readings	26 (63.4)	12 (29.3)
< 80% of expected blood glucose readings	15 (36.6)	29 (70.3)
Level of mean blood glucose^**
> 180	24(58.5)	25 (61.0)
< = 180	17 (41.5)	16 (39.0)

^*For the adherence we considered patients who had at-least 80% of the expected tests (roughly 180 tests); This is based on how many tests were done, but not whether they did them at the appropriate time
^**Mean blood glucose: This is the overall mean (calculated as row mean of the reshaped dataset) of the glucose meter readings for each participant

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