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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BDI Monthly Events

November 11: BDI hosts the San Diego-wide, monthly case consultation meeting (for mental health professionals working in the field of diabetes). Contact us at info@behavioraldiabetes.org if you are in the greater San Diego area and would like further information about this program.

November 14: World Diabetes Day! Time for another T1D meet-up! GrownupT1Ds, a wonderful nonprofit that organizes fun social events for adults with type 1 diabetes here in southern California and now spreading to other cities across the United States. The next local one will be at Brewery X, 3191 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806. Things get started at 2:00 P.M. Please RSVP at kelly@grownup.t1ds.org

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November 3: Dr. Polonsky (BDI President) will be speaking on “Engaging the Disengaged: Diabetes Distress, Diabetes Burnout and More” at the Southern California Permanente Medical Group’s 32th Annual Diabetes Hybrid Symposium, in Long Beach (CA).