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ea0041ep539 | Diabetes therapy | ECE2016

Patients’ understanding of hypoglycaemia in tertiary referral centers

Kim Mi-Kyung , Kim Nam Kyeong , Kim Eui Hyun , Park Keun-Gyu , Kim Hye-soon

Objective: Hypoglycemia is a common adverse event and one of the main obstacles to achieving good glycemic control to minimize the risk of diabetic complications in patients with diabetes. Therefore, most physicians try to reduce hypoglycemia events through education about hypoglycaemia, such as diabetes self-management education. In this study, we surveyed the actual insight about hypoglycemia, behavior of diabetic patients to avoid hypoglycemia and the fear of hypoglycemia.<...