E ngaging the Disengaged:
Stra te g ie s fo r Pro mo ting Be ha vio r Cha ng e in Dia b e te s
Willia m H. Po lo nsky, PhD, CDE whp@ b e ha vio ra ldia b e te s.o rg
Disc lo sure s
Co nsulta nt fo r L ivo ng o , Sa no fi, Se rvie r, I nsule t, L ife sc a n, Ab b o tt, L illy, Ro c he , Xe ris, No vo No rdisk, Ma nnkind, a nd Asc e nsia .
Pe rc e nta g e o f Pa tie nts Ac hie ving ADA T re a tme nt T a rg e ts
% reaching ADA target Kazemian et al, 2019 25%
Why Suc h Po o r Ca rdio me ta b o lic Outc o me s?
- Ma c ro e c o no mic fa c to rs (e .g ., po ve rty)
- L
imita tio ns o f c urre ntly a va ila b le to o ls
- HCP b e ha vio r (e .g ., c linic a l ine rtia )
- Pa tie nt b e ha vio r (e .g ., se lf-ma na g e me nt)
An I llustra tio n
3295 insulin-na ïve T 2Ds we re ide ntifie d who ha d b e e n re c o mme nde d insulin:
- 984 (29.9%) de c line d
- Of the 984 who de c line d, 374 (38%) e ve ntua lly
sta rte d insulin
- Of the 374 who fina lly initia te d, me a n time to
insulin initia tio n wa s 790 da ys.
Hosomura et al, 2017
HCP Attrib utio ns Re g a rding Po o r Adhe re nc e in Dia b e te s
HCP to p 5 c o mpla ints:
- 1. Pa tie nts sa y the y wa nt to c ha ng e , b ut a re no t willing
to ma ke the ne c e ssa ry c ha ng e s
- 2. No t ho ne st/ Only te lls me wha t the y think I wa nt to he a r
- 3. Do n’t liste n to my a dvic e
- 4. Dia b e te s no t a prio rity/ Uninte re ste d in the ir c o nditio n/
”In de nia l”/ Do n’t c a re / Unmo tiva te d
- 5. T
he y do no t ta ke re spo nsib ility fo r se lf-ma na g e me nt
Edelman et al, 2012