Role Of Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose and Intensive Education in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Not Receiving Insulin

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with Type 2 diabetes (known diabetes or new diagnosis) seen for the first time in the diabetes outpatient clinic; * Patients on treatment with OHA monotherapy (i.e. metformin alone or sulphonylureas alone or TZDs alone); * No need for insulin treatment; * Male and female patients, aged between 45-75 years; * Hba1c values between 7% and 9% included (considering a value of 6.0% as the upper limit of normal value) * No experience of self monitoring of blood glucose in the previous 12 months (SMBG performed with a frequency of \< 1 times/week) * Ability and willingness to comply with all study requirements * Signature of consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Patients incapable to perform SMBG * Patients needing insulin or multiple OHA association therapy * Patients needing a regular use of SMBG (e.g. frequent hypoglycemic episodes) * Diabetes care not exclusively managed by diabetic clinics * Patients with serious underlying medical or psychiatric condition