Advantages | Disadvantages |
Increased parental confidence about child’s safety particularly in those with hypoglycaemia unawareness | Sensor site skin irritations or adhesive problems |
Decreased parental worry and improved sleep and quality of life | Alerts and alarms causing disruption and alarm fatigue |
Reduced need for finger-prick BG monitoring | Lost signal resulting in data gaps |
More time spent in target glucose range—potential to improve glycaemic control | Too much information and data generated and difficulty in interpreting it |
More data to inform diabetes management decisions and the ability to be connected to a pump (sensor augmented pump therapy and closed-loop systems) | Lack of availability to everyone due to cost Body image concerns among young people |