Table 4.
Percentage of patients (%) | |
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Patient‐reported reasons (n = 415) | |
Inconvenience | 51.6 |
Fear of injection | 48.2 |
Think ‘it is the end of life’ | 31.1 |
Concern about injection pain | 14.0 |
No confidence in glucose control | 7.2 |
Concern about hypoglycemia | 2.9 |
Concern about weight gain | 1.5 |
Prefer oral drugs | 1.5 |
Prefer diet and exercise | 1.2 |
Inability to self‐inject | 1.0 |
Physician‐reported reasons (n = 1220) | |
Patient's refusal | 33.6 |
Concern about patient's compliance | 26.5 |
Concern about hypoglycemia | 14.2 |
Controllable with OADs | 12.2 |
Patient's lack of DM knowledge | 6.0 |
Need to follow up before insulin use | 3.9 |
Lost to follow up | 3.0 |
Diet change is needed | 2.6 |
Lack of time to explain | 2.3 |
Concern about weight gain | 2.1 |
Lack of efficacy | 1.6 |
Comorbid condition | 1.2 |
Physician's decision | 0.7 |
Lack of patient's will | 0.6 |
Multiple choices were given. DM, diabetes mellitus; OAD, oral antidiabetic.