Perceptions and experiences of using automated bolus advisors amongst people with type 1 diabetes: A longitudinal qualitative investigation

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-450

  Lawton, J ^a,e   Kirkham, J ^a   Rankin, D ^a   Barnard, K ^b   Cooper, C L ^c,e   Taylor, C ^d   Heller, S ^e   Elliott, J ^e   Gianfrancesco, Carla ^f   Gordon, Valerie ^f   Greaves, Linda ^f   Hudson, Susan ^f   Naylor, Valerie ^f   Nisbet, Chloe ^f   Towse, Karen ^f   Baillie, Jane ^g   Brown, Helen ^g   Callaby, Karen ^g   Davenport, Katy ^g   Donald, Sarah ^g   Evans, Mark ^g   Faghahati, Leila ^g   Hartnell, Sara ^g   Housden, Allison ^g   Pabla, Kalbir Kaur ^g   Ward, Candice ^g   Croxon, Nicola ^g   Green, Fiona ^h   Macdonald, Sheena ^h   Mohammed, Muna ^h   Steel, Vicky ^h   Valentine, Katy ^h   Young, Pamela ^h   Boal, Ann ⁱ   Clerkin, Patsy ⁱ   Doran, Lynn ⁱ   Flynn, Joanne ⁱ   Gibb, Emma ⁱ   Kennon, Brian ⁱ   Lindsay, Robert ⁱ   Peddie, Hilary ⁱ   Quinn, Bernie ⁱ   Shepherd, Janice ⁱ   Carling, Janet ^j   Collins, Ann ^j   Dinning, Laura ^j   Hammond, Peter ^j   Hare, Christine ^j   Lodge, Joyce ^j   Ray, Sutapa ^j   Brown, Debora ^j   Farmer, Jenny ^j   Amiel, Stephanie ^k   Beckwith, Anita ^k   Cox, Alison ^k   Cheyette, Chris ^k   Choudhary, Pratik ^k   East, Linda ^k   Ellul, June ^k   Hunt, Katharine ^k   Rogers, Helen ^k   Shaw, Kimberley ^k   Stothard, Ben ^k   Diamond, Lucy ^k   Aniello, Lindsay ^l   Anderson, Debbie ^l   Cockerell, Kathy ^l   Jaap, Alan ^l   Heaney, Vida ^l   Hutchison, Alison ^l   Zammitt, Nicola ^l   Babington, Gayna ^m   Bird, Gail ^m   Evans, Janet ^m   Gazis, Tasso ^m   Maude, Nicola ^m   Mansell, Peter ^m   Nunnick, Karen ^m   Spick, Dawn ^m   Fenn, Laura ^m   Basarir, Hasan ^e   Bradburn, Mike ^e   Brennan, Alan ^e   Campbell, Michael ^e   Carr, Lucy ^e   Chater, Tim ^e   Dimairo, Munya ^e   Dixon, Simon ^e   Hackney, Gemma ^e   Kruger, Jen ^e   Lee, Ellen ^e   Papaioannou, Diana ^e   Pemberton, Kirsty ^e   Smithson, Henry ^e   Thokala, Praveen ^e   Whatley, Emma ^e   White, David ^e   Royle, Pamela ⁿ   Waugh, Norman ⁿ   Thompson, Gill ^o   Walker, Sharon ^o   Cowling, Pauline ^o   Dinneen, Sean ^p   Holt, Richard ^p   Kitchener, Dawn ^p   Morgan, Jane ^p   Mullee, Mark ^p   Pickup, John ^p   Trench, Brian ^p   Ewings, Paul ^q   Tattersall, Robert ^q   White, Florence Finlay ^q   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^j HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^m NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^o DAFNE programme   (United Kingdom)

^p External Trial Steering Committee   (United Kingdom)

^q External Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Automated bolus advisor; Patient experience; Qualitative methods; Technology; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED BOLUS ADVISOR; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84920679260     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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