Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin

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Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2011
Year Published

2012
Quality Rating

10/11 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

USA (3); France (2); UK (2); Germany (1); Italy (1); Netherlands (1); Spain (1); UK (Northern Ireland) (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

USA (3); France (2); UK (2); Germany (1); Italy (1); Netherlands (1); Spain (1); UK (Northern Ireland) (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review of effects
Type of question

Effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Individual
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
By whom care is provided
Self-management
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Diabetes

Publication details

Citation

Welschen LMC, Bloemendal E, Nijpels G, Dekker JM, Heine RJ, Stalman WAB, et al. Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2012;(1):1-94.
DOI

10.1002/14651858.CD005060.pub3

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