Table 1.
Rejected Studies with Reasons
| Author & Reference | Year | Reason for Rejection |
|---|---|---|
| Aloumanis [83] | 2013 | The focus is on clinical outcomes rather than perceptions and experiences. |
| Bahrmann [9] | 2014 | The focus is on psychological insulin resistance in insulin naïve patients compared to those established on insulin. |
| Balkau [84] | 2012 | The patient participants are insulin naïve. |
| Beresford [85] | 2011 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Beverly [86] | 2012 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Brod [87] | 2013b | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Carbone [88] | 2007 | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Chai [89] | 2012 | Conference abstract only. No other data available. |
| Chai [90] | 2013 | Conference poster only. No other data available. |
| Chai [91] | 2014 | Conference abstract only. No other data available. |
| Chan [92] | 2014 | The patient participants are insulin naïve. |
| Choudhury [93] | 2014 | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Cramer & Pugh [94] | 2005 | The focus is on insulin prescriptions issued and not on perceptions or experiences. |
| Gaborit [95] | 2011 | The focus is on knowledge rather than experiences of insulin adjustment. |
| Hermanns [96] | 2010 | The focus is on comparing barriers of insulin naïve patients. |
| Hinder & Greenhalgh [97] | 2012 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Frei [98] | 2012 | The focus is on clinical characteristics and demographics. |
| Hunt [99] | 1998 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Khattab [100] | 2010 | The focus is on clinical characteristics and demographics. |
| Lai [101] | 2007 | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Lakkis [102] | 2013 | The focus is on attitudes of clinicians towards initiating insulin. |
| Mollem [103] | 1996 | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Morris [104] | 2005 | Patients only recently initiated with insulin therapy. |
| Munro [73] | 2013 | There is no information specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Oliveria [105] | 2007 | The focus is on patients who did not start or continue insulin therapy. |
| Peyrot [106] | 2005 | Patient participants are insulin naïve. Perceptions of clinicians relate to insulin initiation. |
| Peyrot [107] | 2006 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Peyrot [108] | 2013 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Pooley [109] | 2001 | No data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Ritholz [72] | 2011 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM |
| Shiu & Wong [110] | 2000 | It was not possible to differentiate data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |
| Thomson [111] | 1991 | The focus is on knowledge rather than experiences or perceptions of hypoglycaemia. |
| Wendel [112] | 2014 | The focus is on incidence of hypoglycaemia and prescribing behaviour rather than perceptions of hypoglycaemia |
| Wong [113] | 2011 | Patients were insulin naïve. |
| Yoshioka [74] | 2014 | The focus is on insulin initiation. |
| Zafar [8] | 2015 | Insufficient data specific to insulin treated T2DM. |