Education material was prepared at a seventh grade education level based on the SMOG Testing criteria. A convenience sample of forty-three subjects with a diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes was selected from two local rural health clinics in Wilkinson and Amite Counties, Mississippi. A written test was also administered at the beginning of the class instructed by the pharmacist and again at the completion of the same class to evaluate proper technique in self-glucose monitoring technique. The scores from the demographic questionnaire and the pretest and post-test of both the glucometer usage and the HbA 1c were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Further research utilizing a much larger random sample over a longer period of time is recommended.
Further research should also explore possible reasons for the limited participation by the male and African American population of this area.