Dosing irregularities and self-treated hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes: Results from the Canadian cohort of an international survey of patients and healthcare professionals

Canadian Journal of Diabetes

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-44

  Leiter, Lawrence A ^a,b   Boras, Damir ^c   Woo, Vincent C ^d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Misdosing of basal insulin; Self treated hypoglycemia; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

INSULIN DERIVATIVE; LONG ACTING INSULIN; SHORT ACTING INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AUTOTRAITEMENT DE L'HYPOGLYCÉMIE; DIABÈTE DE TYPE 2; DOSE D'INSULINE BASALE OUBLIÉE; MISDOSING OF BASAL INSULIN; SELF-TREATED HYPOGLYCEMIA; TYPE 2 DIABETES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84893426320     PISSN: 14992671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.08.270     Document Type: Article

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