Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The COMMODITY12 is a telemedicine system designed for continuous monitoring of diabetes type 1 (DM1) and DM2, as well as the cardiovascular comorbidities. The system has been created in collaboration of nine European academic and industrial partners under FP7 (www.commodity12.eu).Aim: The aim of this study was to assess clinical utility of the COMMODITY12 system in DM2 patients, under a design of a mini...

Design and methods: Though several new treatments for diabetes (DM) are available, their effectiveness, however, might be limited, by patients knowledge. In order to test patients’ knowledge and self-management of diabetes, we had employed a questionnaire for clinic patients with types 1 and 2 DM. This was a pilot study for a telemetric medicine EU project (www.COMMODITY12.eu). Study involved 37 subjects (19 males) with type 1 (n=18) or insulin treated type 2 DM ...