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The impact of hypoglycaemia on daily functioning among adults with diabetes: a prospective observational study using the Hypo-METRICS app

  • Uffe Søholm*
  • , Melanie Broadley
  • , Natalie Zaremba
  • , Patrick Divilly
  • , Petra Martina Baumann
  • , Zeinab Mahmoudi
  • , Gilberte Martine-Edith
  • , Julia K. Mader
  • , Monika Cigler
  • , Julie Maria Bøggild Brøsen
  • , Allan Vaag
  • , Simon Heller
  • , Ulrik Pedersen-Bjergaard
  • , Rory J. McCrimmon
  • , Eric Renard
  • , Mark Evans
  • , Bastiaan de Galan
  • , Evertine Abbink
  • , Stephanie A. Amiel
  • , Christel Hendrieckx
  • Jane Speight, Pratik Choudhary, Frans Pouwer, Hypo-RESOLVE Consortium
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Aims/hypothesis: The aim of this work was to examine the impact of hypoglycaemia on daily functioning among adults with type 1 diabetes or insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, using the novel Hypo-METRICS app. Methods: For 70 consecutive days, 594 adults (type 1 diabetes, n=274; type 2 diabetes, n=320) completed brief morning and evening Hypo-METRICS ‘check-ins’ about their experienced hypoglycaemia and daily functioning. Participants wore a blinded glucose sensor (i.e. data unavailable to the participants) for the study duration. Days and nights with or without person-reported hypoglycaemia (PRH) and/or sensor-detected hypoglycaemia (SDH) were compared using multilevel regression models. Results: Participants submitted a mean ± SD of 86.3±12.5% morning and 90.8±10.7% evening check-ins. For both types of diabetes, SDH alone had no significant associations with the changes in daily functioning scores. However, daytime and night-time PRH (with or without SDH) were significantly associated with worsening of energy levels, mood, cognitive functioning, negative affect and fear of hypoglycaemia later that day or while asleep. In addition, night-time PRH (with or without SDH) was significantly associated with worsening of sleep quality (type 1 and type 2 diabetes) and memory (type 2 diabetes). Further, daytime PRH (with or without SDH), was associated with worsening of fear of hyperglycaemia while asleep (type 1 diabetes), memory (type 1 and type 2 diabetes) and social functioning (type 2 diabetes). Conclusions/interpretation: This prospective, real-world study reveals impact on several domains of daily functioning following PRH but not following SDH alone. These data suggest that the observed negative impact is mainly driven by subjective awareness of hypoglycaemia (i.e. PRH), through either symptoms or sensor alerts/readings and/or the need to take action to prevent or treat episodes. Graphical Abstract: (Figure presented.)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2160-2174
Number of pages15
JournalDiabetologia
Volume67
Issue number10
Early online date1 Jan 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2024

Keywords

  • Daily functioning
  • Ecological momentary assessment
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Quality of life

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