Review Article

Utility of Real-Time and Retrospective Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 2

Changes in various patient-reported outcome scores in the CGM and SMBG groups.

Within-group change, mean (SD)Between-group change, mean (SD)
CGM groupSMBG groupCGM groupSMBG group value
BaselineEnd of studyBaselineEnd of study

DTSQ
 Ajjan et al. [23]13.3913.520.936
 Haak et al. [24]13.1 (0.5)9.0 (0.7)<0.001
DQoL
 Haak et al. [24]−0.2 (0.0)0.0 (0.0)0.025
DDS
 Beck et al. [20]1.9 (0.8)1.8 (0.9)2.0 (0.8)1.8 (0.6)
CGM Satisfaction Scale
 Beck et al. [20]4.3 (0.4)

CGM: continuous glucose monitoring; DTSQ: Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire; DQoL: Diabetes Quality of Life; DDS: Diabetes Distress Scale. .