Abstract
Glycaemia self-monitoring is at present an integral part of diabetes treatment. The recent clinical research clarified the role of self-monitoring as a tool for collecting data, which needs to be associated with a specific intervention in the patient's treatment or regime based on the collected data.
For glycaemia monitoring to be used optimally, it requires an adequate frequency of the measurements, proper patient education and clear recommendations regarding how to react to the results by adjusting one's diet, exercise or drug doses. On the other hand, if the patient is not adequately schooled or if the patient is not able to adjust his or her regime or pharmacotherapy accordingly, then the key advantage of self-monitoring is lost.