The effect of retraining on treatment success, life quality and metabolic parameters in patients with type 1 diabetes using insulin pump

Objective: To investigate the effect of insulin pump user retraining on treatment success, quality of life, and metabolic parameters of patients with type 1 diabetes using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). Subjects and Methods: A total of 35 subjects participated in this prospective study. All patients were given insulin pump user retraining. Their knowledge level and application skills, metabolic parameters, life qualities and satisfaction from treatment were evaluated at baseline and after 6 months. Results: There was significant improvement in patients’ knowledge and application skills after insulin pump user retraining (self-assessment of user skills: 69.7#177;11.5 vs. 76.3#177;11.3, p

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