Participants' experiences of intensifying insulin therapy during the Treating to Target in Type2 Diabetes (4-T) trial: Qualitative interview study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-548

  Jenkins, N ^a   Hallowell, N ^b   Farmer, A J ^c   Holman, R R ^d   Lawton, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Primary Health Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Intensive therapy; Patient experience; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN DETEMIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 79954452655     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2010.03200.x     Document Type: Article

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