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Barriers to treatment

The DAWN study showed that:

• More than half of people with Type 2 diabetes are worried about starting insulin.
• Half of them believe that starting insulin means they have failed to manage their diabetes.
• Only one of out five believe insulin would help them manage their diabetes better.
• A third of physicians postpone insulin until "absolutely essential".
  

References:

• Geelhoed-Duijvestijn, P. et al "Physician Resistance to Prescribing Insulin: An International Study." Diabetologia, 2003.
• Peyrot, M. et al "An International Study of Psychological Resistance to Insulin Use among Persons with Diabetes." Diabetologia, 2003.

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