Can flash glucose monitoring improve glucose management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with type 2 diabetes? A protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

• Published in: Trials
• Main Authors: Hachem, Mariam, Hearn, Tracey, Kelly, Ray, Eer, Audrey, Moore, Belinda, Sommerville, Christine, Atkinson-Briggs, Sharon, Twigg, Stephen, Freund, Meagan, O'Neal, David, Story, David, Brown, Alex, McLean, Anna, Sinha, Ashim, Furler, John, O'Brien, Richard, Tran Duy, An, Clarke, Philip, Braat, Sabine, Koye, Digsu N, Eades, Sandra, Burchill, Luke, Ekinci, Elif
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2024
• Subjects: Aboriginal and torres Strait Islander peoples; Continuous glucose monitoring; First Nations; Flash Glucose Monitoring; Freestyle Libre 2; HbA1c; Indigenous Australians; Randomised controlled trial; Type 2 diabetes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08267-7; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39030640; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11264795/

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are disproportionately impacted by type 2 diabetes. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology (such as Abbott Freestyle Libre 2, previously referred to as Flash Glucose Monitoring) offers real-time glucose monitoring that is convenient and easy to u...