Cultural adaptation of a patient decision-aid for insulin therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient decision-aids (PDAs) support patients in selecting evidence-based treatment options. PDA is useful only if the user understands the content to make personalised decisions. Cultural adaptation is a process of adjusting health messages so that the information is accurate, relevant and understandable to users from a different population. A PDA has been developed to assist Malaysian patients with secondary drug failure to initiate insulin therapy to control their type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Likewise, patients with T2DM in neighbouring Singapore face similar barriers in commencing insulin treatment, which a PDA may facilitate decision-making in selecting personalised therapy.

Objective

The study aimed to explore the views and perceptions of Singaporean p

SUBMITTER: Tan NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064126 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature