著者

中野 玲子 武藤 達也 虎石 顕一 朝倉 俊成

出版者

日本医療薬学会

雑誌

医療薬学 (ISSN:1346342X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.34, no.7, pp.705-710, 2008-07-10

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To clarify the factors in preference for insulin injectors, 69 subjects (aged 20-49 years) were asked to select 1 of 4 different injectors and then to complete a questionnaire regarding 9 selection factors regarded as important, among them "ease of gripping" and "portability" , before and after instruction on operating the injectors. "Portability" was considered the most important factor for selecting injectors on first impression, i.e. before instruction, and the percentage of subjects choosing "simplicity of operation" increased after instruction. About half of the subjects selected a different injector before and after instruction, so there appeared to be a relationship between injector selection and the evaluation factors. From the results, we made a table which we thought would be helpful in selecting insulin injectors based on factors regarded as important when using them in practice.