Berlin-Chemie/Menarini Pharma GmbH

Study hypothesis: Waking up in response to an alarm clock may evoke a stress reaction that leads to rising glucose concentrations.
The purpose of this study was to prove this hypothesis with continuous glucose monitoring over three nights.
Night (a) with an alarm clock set at 2 h intervals for glucose self monitoring,
Night (b) with a nurse performing blood glucose determinations, and
Night (c) with the patients left undisturbed.