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Table 8 How do you feel when your blood glucose is not as expected?

From: Self monitoring of blood glucose - a survey of diabetes UK members with type 2 diabetes who use SMBG

Thematic Codes

Number of Responses

Worried/anxious

135

In control/able to rationalize/determined to achieve better diabetes control/better informed

135

It doesn't happen/N/A

64

Frustrated/angry (with self and diabetes)/guilty

59

Disappointed

50

Not in control/low mood/upset/confused

68

Depressed

42

Physically unwell

16

Total

569

  1. * 74 (out of 495) respondents gave more than one response to this question
  2. * The quality check revealed a 4.2% discrepancy between the two reviewers. Differences were resolved by consensus