A Behavioral Perspective of Therapeutic Inertia: A Look at the Transition to Insulin Therapy

Author: Guzman, SJ.

From a behavioral perspective, therapeutic inertia can happen when obstacles to changing a diabetes treatment plan outweigh perceived benefits. There is a complex interaction of important treatment-related obstacles for people with diabetes (PWD), their treating health care professional (HCP), and the clinical setting in which they interact. Tipping the scales toward more effective action involve strategies that increase perceptions of the benefits of treatment intensification while addressing important obstacles so that treatment changes are seen by both PWD and HCPs as worthwhile and achievable.

Source: https://diabetesjournals.org/spectrum/article/33/1/38/32924/A-Behavioral-Perspective-of-Therapeutic-Inertia-A

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