title: Empowering people with diabetes: improving perceptions and outcomes with technical advances in insulin pens.
abstract: For people with diabetes treated with insulin, the development of insulin pens has led to important advantages compared with the use of vials and syringes. Insulin pens are associated with improved ease of use, user confidence, treatment satisfaction, and quality of life compared with vials and syringes. Continual improvements to insulin pen designs to further enhance usability and improve patient perceptions may help to lower patients' resistance to initiating insulin therapy and further improve treatment adherence. This article reviews recent developments in prefilled insulin pens that may assist health care professionals when considering insulin-delivery devices to recommend to their patients.
authors.affiliation: Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. d-oyer@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oyer
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niemeyer
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moses
mesh_terms: D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin