Abstract
The purpose of this research is to examine the effectiveness and validity of the ice mix water method for SMBG, which has been discovered to reduce the self monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) puncture pain in a fingertip. This method involves dipping your finger into ice water for 15-20 seconds. We asked 50 diabetic patients and 20 healthy medical staff of a hospital to try the previous method and the new method. We then compared the two methods and we got the results as follows.
1) As for the ice mix water method, the sense of pain was diminished by the cooling action and the value of the pain threshold went up both with the patients (p<0.001) and the staff (p<0.01).
2) In the ice mix water method, we were able to acquire a regular amount of blood as much as with the conventional method and we could hardly see any error in the blood sugar level.
Therefore, from the above results, it can be concluded that the ice mix water method is a new SMBG method which can reduce puncture pain, leading to an improvement in QOL.
