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Comparison of intuitiveness, ease of use, and preference in two insulin pens
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| Author | Asakura, Toshinari Jensen, Klaus H. |
| Abstract | Background: The intuitiveness, instruction time, and handling of the Levemir ® (insulin detemir) FlexPen ® and the Lantus® OptiClik ® pen (with insulin glargine) were investigated. Methods: This randomized open-label crossover study involved two groups of insulin-device-naive Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes [mean (SD) age 61.9 ± 12.3 years, 57 % male]. Patients were evaluated on the ease-of-use of each insulin pen without instruction [intuitiveness group (n = 32)], or with instruction [instruction time group (n = 29)]. Patient preferences for the respective devices were assessed by questionnaire. Results and Discussion: FlexPen required significantly less instruction time (p <.001) and was objectively more intuitive to use (p <.001) than OptiClik. Nevertheless, few patients in the intuitiveness group felt confident injecting either pen prior to instruction (FlexPen, 31%; OptiClik, 16%). No patients in the instruction time group found FlexPen difficult to learn, whereas 45 % of patients found OptiClik difficult or very difficult to learn. FlexPen was rated simpler to use (77 % versus 12%; p <.001), easier to inject (67 % versus 13%; p <.001), and more convenient (71 % versus 12%; p <.001) compared with OptiClik. More patients would trust FlexPen to deliver insulin injections (p <.01) and would prefer to use FlexPen compared with OptiClik (82 % versus 13%; p <.001). |
| File Format | |
| Journal | J Diabetes Sci |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
