Psychological insulin resistance in patients with type 2 diabetes: The scope of the problem

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2543-2545

  Polonsky, William H ^a,b,f   Fisher, Lawrence ^c   Guzman, Susan ^b   Villa Caballero, Leonel ^d   Edelman, Steven V ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Behavioral Diabetes Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL INSULIN RESISTANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 25644457629     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.10.2543     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Riddle MC: Timely initiation of basal insulin. Am J Med 116 (Suppl. 3A):3S-9S, 2004
2. United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) 13: Relative efficacy of randomly allocated diet, sulphonylurea, insulin, or metformin in patients with newly diagnosed non-insulin dependent diabetes followed for three years. BMJ 14: 83-88, 1995
3. Korytkowski M: When oral agents fail: practical barriers to starting insulin. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:S18-S24, 2002
4. Okazaki K, Goto M, Yamamoto T, Tsujii S, Ishii H: Barriers and facilitators in relation to starting insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes (Abstract). Diabetes 48 (Suppl. 1):A319, 1999
5. Hunt LM, Valenzuela MA, Pugh JA: NIDDM patients' fears and hopes about insulin therapy: the basis of patient reluctance. Diabetes Care 20:292-298, 1997
6. Zambanini A, Newson RB, Maisey M, Feher MD: Injection related anxiety in insulin-treated diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 46:239-246, 1999
7. Wallace TM, Matthews DR: Poor glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: a conspiracy of disease, suboptimal therapy and attitude. QJM 93:369-374, 2000
8. Polonsky WH, Jackson RA: What's so tough about taking insulin? Addressing the problem of psychological insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. Clinical Diabetes 22:147-150, 2004
9. Koerbel G, Korytkowski M: Insulin-therapy resistance: another form of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes. Practical Diabetology 22:36-40, 2003