Skip to content Skip to navigation
University of Warwick
  • Study
  • |
  • Research
  • |
  • Business
  • |
  • Alumni
  • |
  • News
  • |
  • About

University of Warwick
Publications service & WRAP

Highlight your research

  • WRAP
    • Home
    • Search WRAP
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse WRAP by Year
    • Browse WRAP by Subject
    • Browse WRAP by Department
    • Browse WRAP by Funder
    • Browse Theses by Department
  • Publications Service
    • Home
    • Search Publications Service
    • Browse by Warwick Author
    • Browse Publications service by Year
    • Browse Publications service by Subject
    • Browse Publications service by Department
    • Browse Publications service by Funder
  • Help & Advice
University of Warwick

The Library

  • Login
  • Admin

Digitally enabled flash glucose monitoring for inpatients with COVID-19 : feasibility and pilot implementation in a teaching NHS Hospital in the UK

Tools
- Tools
+ Tools

Robbins, Tim, Hopper, Adam, Brophy, Jack, Pearson, Elle, Suthantirakumar, Risheka, Vankad, Maariyah, Igharo, Natalie, Baitule, Sud, Clark, Cain C. T., Arvanitis, Theodoros N., Sankaranarayanan, Sailesh, Kyrou, Ioannis and Randeva, Harpal S. (2022) Digitally enabled flash glucose monitoring for inpatients with COVID-19 : feasibility and pilot implementation in a teaching NHS Hospital in the UK. Digital Health, 8 . 20552076211059350. doi:10.1177/20552076211059350

[img]
Preview
PDF
WRAP-Digitally-enabled-flash-glucose-monitoring-inpatients-COVID-19-pilot-NHS-UK-2022.pdf - Published Version - Requires a PDF viewer.
Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0.

Download (976Kb) | Preview
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076211059350

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 placed significant challenges on healthcare systems. People with diabetes are at high risk of severe COVID-19 with poor outcomes. We describe the first reported use of inpatient digital flash glucose monitoring devices in a UK NHS hospital to support management of people with diabetes hospitalized for COVID-19. Methods: Inpatients at University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust with COVID-19 and diabetes were considered for digitally enabled flash glucose monitoring during their hospitalization. Glucose monitoring data were analysed, and potential associations were explored between relevant parameters, including time in hypoglycaemia, hyperglycaemia, and in range, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), average glucose, body mass index (BMI), and length of stay. Results: During this pilot, digital flash glucose monitoring devices were offered to 25 inpatients, of whom 20 (type 2/type 1: 19/1; mean age: 70.6 years; mean HbA1c: 68.2 mmol/mol; mean BMI: 28.2 kg/m2) accepted and used these (80% uptake). In total, over 2788 h of flash glucose monitoring were recorded for these inpatients with COVID-19 and diabetes. Length of stay was not associated with any of the studied variables (all p-values >0.05). Percentage of time in hyperglycaemia exhibited significant associations with both percentage of time in hypoglycaemia and percentage of time in range, as well as with HbA1c (all p-values <0.05). The average glucose was significantly associated with percentage of time in hypoglycaemia, percentage of time in range, and HbA1c (all p-values <0.05). Discussion: We report the first pilot inpatient use of digital flash glucose monitors in an NHS hospital to support care of inpatients with diabetes and COVID-19. Overall, there are strong arguments for the inpatient use of these devices in the COVID-19 setting, and the findings of this pilot demonstrate feasibility of this digitally enabled approach and support wider use for inpatients with diabetes and COVID-19.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group)
SWORD Depositor: Library Publications Router
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): COVID-19 (Disease) , Diabetes -- Treatment, Diabetics -- Hospital care, Diabetes -- Computer network resources, Medical care -- Technological innovations, Blood glucose monitoring , Blood glucose monitoring -- Technological innovations, Biosensors
Journal or Publication Title: Digital Health
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISSN: 2055-2076
Official Date: 1 January 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
1 January 2022Published
7 January 2022Available
25 October 2022Accepted
Volume: 8
Article Number: 20552076211059350
DOI: 10.1177/20552076211059350
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
HDR-3001[MRC] Medical Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000265
HDR-3001[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
HDR-3001[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
HDR-3001Department of Health and Social CareUNSPECIFIED
HDR-3001Chief Scientist Office, Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directoratehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014589
HDR-3001Health and Social Care Research and Development Divisionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010756
HDR-3001Public Health Agencyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001626
HDR-3001British Heart Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000274
HDR-3001Wellcome Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010269
UNSPECIFIEDWinston Churchill Memorial Trusthttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001181
Related URLs:
  • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics

twitter

Email us: wrap@warwick.ac.uk
Contact Details
About Us