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The survey examined a group of 500 patients who require insulin and showed that: |
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One-third (33 percent) of patients identified that they have some level of dread associated with taking their daily injections |
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Eight percent strongly agree that they dread injections |
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Twenty-five percent somewhat agree that they dread injections |
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Fourteen percent of individuals surveyed felt that the insulin injections had a negative impact on their life |
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Three percent experience a major impact |
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Eleven percent experience a moderate impact |
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Twenty-nine percent of individuals surveyed felt that injecting insulin was the hardest aspect of their diabetes care |
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Eight percent strongly agree |
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Twenty-one percent somewhat agree |
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Forty-eight percent of individuals surveyed acknowledged proactively communicating with their healthcare team about quality of life issues |
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Eighteen percent strongly agree |
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30 percent somewhat agree |
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Thirty-seven percent of respondents felt that discussing these issues would be a bother to their healthcare provider |
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Forty-seven percent of patients surveyed said they would be more adherent to their treatment regimen if they knew about a way to ease the pain and discomfort associated with their insulin injections |
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Twenty percent of people with diabetes have skipped an insulin injection that they |
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knew they should take sometimes or often (two percent often and 18 percent sometimes) and 43 percent have altered their eating schedule to avoid extra injections |
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The AADE also looked at 300 healthcare providers, including physicians and diabetes educators, and found that: |
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Of the 300 healthcare providers surveyed, only 12 percent have had patients address their quality of life concerns relating to insulin injections either often (one percent) or sometimes (11 percent) |
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Forty percent of healthcare providers surveyed have initiated a dialogue with their patients on quality of life issues related to insulin injection. However, only 21 percent of their patients report their healthcare professional asks them about the impact of needle sticks sometimes or often |
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Seventy-one percent of healthcare providers surveyed feel that their patients experience anxiety either often (14 percent) or sometimes (56 percent) |
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Sixty-seven percent of healthcare providers surveyed feel that their patients experience bruising either often (14 percent) or sometimes (54 percent) |
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Sixty-two percent of healthcare providers surveyed feel that their patients experience pain either often (9 percent) or sometimes (53 percent) |
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Seventy-nine percent of healthcare providers surveyed felt that their patients skip insulin injections they know they should take either often (13 percent) or sometimes (67 percent) |
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Seventy-three percent of healthcare providers feel that their patients alter their eating schedule to avoid insulin injections |
