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<blockquote data-quote="Dennis" data-source="post: 6664" data-attributes="member: 1338"><p><strong>Re: Govt - Self Testing NoNo</strong></p><p></p><p>I seem to remember that the original 2002 NICE guidelines referred to a trial in Northern Ireland that concluded that there was no benefit in self monitoring. Obviously the one being referred to here. In the various consultation papers that prededed the new 2008 NICE guidelines for Type 2s this study was mentioned several times and it was concluded that for a number of reasons (I can't remember the detail) the study was misleading, the results had been misinterpreted, etc, so the NI study findings were ignored in reaching the conclusion that Type 2s should be encouraged to self test.</p><p></p><p><strong>Strange that the BBC should now be digging up an old study that has already been discredited by NICE. Is there an agenda here that we are not being told about?</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dennis, post: 6664, member: 1338"] [b]Re: Govt - Self Testing NoNo[/b] I seem to remember that the original 2002 NICE guidelines referred to a trial in Northern Ireland that concluded that there was no benefit in self monitoring. Obviously the one being referred to here. In the various consultation papers that prededed the new 2008 NICE guidelines for Type 2s this study was mentioned several times and it was concluded that for a number of reasons (I can't remember the detail) the study was misleading, the results had been misinterpreted, etc, so the NI study findings were ignored in reaching the conclusion that Type 2s should be encouraged to self test. [b]Strange that the BBC should now be digging up an old study that has already been discredited by NICE. Is there an agenda here that we are not being told about?[/b] [/QUOTE]
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