Is Continuous Glucose Monitoring a Tool, an Intervention, or Both?

Studies that investigate use of diabetes technologies such as blood glucose monitoring (BGM) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) often report contradictory findings regarding efficacy and clinical utility. Whereas some studies of a given technology have shown no benefit, others have reported sig...

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Published inDiabetes technology & therapeutics Vol. 25; no. S3; p. S48
Main Authors Wright, Jr, Eugene E, Subramanian, Savitha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2023
Subjects
Blood Glucose
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Humans
Technology
Continuous glucose monitoring
Type 2 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes
Blood glucose monitoring
Constructivism
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Summary:Studies that investigate use of diabetes technologies such as blood glucose monitoring (BGM) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) often report contradictory findings regarding efficacy and clinical utility. Whereas some studies of a given technology have shown no benefit, others have reported significant benefits. These incongruities derive from how the technology is viewed. Is it viewed as a tool, or is it an intervention? In this article, we discuss earlier studies that illustrate the contrast between use of BGM as a tool versus use as an intervention, compare and contrast the roles of BGM and CGM as tools and/or interventions in diabetes management, and suggest that CGM can function effectively as both.
ISSN:1557-8593
DOI:10.1089/dia.2023.0025