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ArticleDiabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association2020

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

Susan J Guzman

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Article in Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Insulin initiation for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2025
    Article
  3. Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Properties of Once-Weekly Insulin Efsitora Alfa in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2025
    Article
  4. Advancing Health Equity in Diabetes: Tools to Help Remove Barriers to Health.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Susan J GuzmanBehavioral Diabetes Institute, San Diego, CA.ORCID 0000-0001-5286-0705

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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PMID32116452
PMCPMC7026761
OpenAlexW3005864074

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