Clinical Study

An Investigation of the Glucose Monitoring Practices of Nurses in Stroke Care: A Descriptive Cohort Study

Table 3

Glucose monitoring practice and between adults admitted to hospitals A, B, and C.

Variables
Total
(%)
Hospital A
(%)
Hospital B
(%)
Hospital C
(%)
value

Adults admitted, (%) 112 (100)593122
History DM 18 (16)8 (14)4 (13)6 (27)
Treatment in stroke unit**68 (61)27 (46)30 (97)11 (50)0.00
Baseline glucose mmol/L, m ± SD 0.97
PGM†† conducted day 132 (28)10 (17)15 (50)7 (32)0.005
Fasting glucose tested78 (70)34 (63)26 (83)18 (82)0.06
HbA1c undertaken9 (8)6 (10%)2 (7%)1 (5%)

DM: diabetes mellitus, m: mean, SD: standard deviation, and PGM: point of care glucose monitoring. Between groups analysis of variance [ANOVA] tests were conducted to compare baseline glucose (mmol/L) across the 3 hospital groups. Chi-square tests were conducted to compare treatment variables across the 3 groups. Adults admitted to hospital B were significantly more likely to receive treatment in a **stroke unit and have ††PGM on day 1. values < 0.05 are significant. If counts in cells were less than five, statistical analysis was not conducted.