“Empowering Us”: A community-led survey of real-world perspectives of adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring to manage their glucose levels
Authors' conclusion
Technology is perceived by adults with T1D as important for managing glycaemia and emotional well-being. Modifiable barriers to use include affordability, and information regarding device suitability.
Study context
- Population
- Australian adults with T1D, current or past users of insulin pump therapy (IPT), real-time CGM (real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM)) or intermittently scanned CGM (isCGM); mean age 45 ± 16 years, 62% female, diabetes duration 20 ± 14 years
- Participants
- 3,380 completed surveys
- Outcome
- Perceptions of diabetes technology
- Follow-up
- November 2021 to January 2022
Methodological detailscommunity-led, online survey, 30-question
- Community-led
- Online survey
- 30-question
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Technology '(extremely) important' for maintaining target glucose levels
- 98%
- Technology '(extremely) important' for reducing hypoglycaemia severity and frequency
- 93%
- Positive contribution to emotional well-being, IPT
- 89%
- Positive contribution to emotional well-being, RT-CGM
- 91%
- Positive contribution to emotional well-being, isCGM
- 87%
- Barrier: affordability, IPT
- 68%
- Barrier: affordability, RT-CGM
- 81%
- Barrier: affordability, isCGM
- 69%
- Barrier: insufficient information for informed choices on device suitability, IPT
- 39%
- Barrier: insufficient information for informed choices on device suitability, RT-CGM
- 41%
- Barrier: insufficient information for informed choices on device suitability, isCGM
- 36%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Device experience
- Experience with IPT
- 55%
- Experience with RT-CGM
- 82%
- Experience with isCGM
- 55%
Original publication
“Empowering Us”: A community-led survey of real-world perspectives of adults with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring to manage their glucose levels. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 13 July 2023. doi:10.
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