The Intensive Management Scale
How Do You Rank On Intensity?

Test Yourself...

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    When properly instructed by their physician, many people are able to use intensive self-management to improve their blood sugar levels and reduce long-term health damage. Make you selection and click on the calculator below to procede and to see if you're currently using intensive management?

 

Number of injections/day?

Number of blood sugar tests/day:

How motivated are you to control your own blood sugars? 

Do you call your health provider when problems occur? 

Do you record your test results? 

Do you use your blood sugar tests to adjust your insulin? * 

Do you adjust Regular to each meal by carb counting or other means? *

Do you adjust Regular to lower high blood sugars? *

Do you adjust your long-acting insulin (L,NPH,or UL) to meet varying needs?*

Do you get regular lab verification of your control (HbA1c or fructosamine)? 

 

* But never change insulin doses on your own unless your physician has instructed you to do this!

 

 

 

Intensive Management Scorecard

What it means:

Score:

Seek help immediately!

00-09

What do you need to work on most?

10-19

Not bad! Where to improve?

20-29

Terrific! Only minor changes.

30-39

Wow! You're there.

40-53

 

Click the calculator and total your score! As you can see, intensive management involves using as many injections as needed to control the blood sugar, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and using these results to adjust insulin doses, diet, and exercise as needed for better control. Next Selftest!