TY - JOUR ID - 44975 TI - Factors Affecting Insulin Compliance in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in South Iran, 2017: We Are Faced with Insulin Phobia JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Mirahmadizadeh, Alireza AU - Delam, Hamed AU - Seif, Mozhgan AU - Banihashemi, Sayed Aliakbar AU - Tabatabaee, Hamidreza AD - Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Student Research Committee, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Epidemiology., School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Kazeroun Branch, College of Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Kazeroun, Iran; AD - Research Center for Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 204 EP - 213 KW - Diabetes mellitus, Type 2 KW - Injections KW - Insulin KW - Compliance KW - Fear DO - 10.30476/ijms.2019.44975 N2 - Background: Many patients with type 2 diabetes are uncontrolled on maximum oral treatment. The early introduction of insulin can lower diabetes-related complications. This study aimed to evaluate type 2 diabetes patients’ demographic characteristics, clinical factors, and attitude toward insulin therapy initiation. Methods: In the present cross-sectional study, 457 patients were selected from 12 diabetes clinics in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz in 2017. Adult patients (>30 y) with type 2 diabetes indicated to use insulin for the first time (insulin-naive) were asked to complete a researcher-designed questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS 19. The relationships between insulin and the tendency to use insulin, demographic characteristics, and clinical data were evaluated using the χ2 or t test and logistic regression. The significance level was considered at 0.05. Results: The mean age of the participants was 55.16±8.76 years and 67.4% were female. Despite physician recommendations, 60.2% of the patients were disinclined to use insulin. Those unwilling to initiate insulin therapy had more misconceptions. In the multivariate analysis, the chances of insulin noncompliance were increased by 4.63-fold among the patients without supplementary insurance (P<0.001), by 2.38-fold among those with a nondiabetic diet (P=0.002), and by 6.75-fold among the illiterate ones (P<0.001).Conclusion: Based on the results, the factors affecting insulin noncompliance in our insulin-naive patients with type 2 diabetes included insurance coverage, illiteracy, and nondiabetic regimens as well as misconceptions about and irrational fear of insulin injection. Overall, our results indicate the need for further education and financial support for patients and health staff. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44975.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44975_eb21d28931751e9fcae380ec2573a291.pdf ER -