How do health care professionals assess patients when initiating insulin therapy? A qualitative study

• Main Authors: Lee, Ping Yein, Lee, Yew Kong, Khoo, Ee Ming, Ng, Chirk Jenn
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10023/1/Lee-2014-How_do_health_care_p.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10023/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2013.11.003

Aims: To explore how health care professionals (HCPs) assess patients when initiating insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes. Methods: Focus group discussions and in-depth interviews were conducted with 41 health care professionals in Malaysia in 2010-2011. A semi-structured topic guide was used for the...