Comparison of usability and patient preference for the new disposable insulin device solostar versus flexpen, lilly disposable pen, and a prototype pen: an open-label study

Usability, Participant Acceptance, and Safety of a Prefilled Insulin Injection Device in a 3-Month Observational Survey in Everyday Clinical Practice in Australia

“…Further studies in this group, and in insulin-naïve subjects, would help to strengthen this hypothesis. Nevertheless, results from this population of people, the majority of whom had type 2 diabetes, confirms the results given by Haak and colleagues 8 that SOL is rated positively by people with no experience of using insulin pen devices.…”

“…The results from this observational survey support the findings of Haak and colleagues that SOL demonstrates high patient usability and high patient preference in people with diabetes. 8 Although patients with type 1 diabetes must accept the need for insulin from diagnosis, patients with type 2 diabetes are often resistant to the addition of insulin to their regimen of oral antidiabetes agents. 9,10 Delaying insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes may lead to deleterious effects on glycemic control and, as a result, increase the risk of diabetes-specific complications, such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy.…”

Insulin delivery by injection in children and adolescents with diabetes

“…Numerous crossover comparison studies of insulin pens have been conducted in adult patients (20,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38) and although there has been a widespread acceptance of insulin pens among both adults and children (10), there are fewer comparative studies in children.…”

A Comparison of Dosing Accuracy: Visually Impaired and Sighted People Using Insulin Pens

“…[31][32][33] Most insulin pen studies make no mention of whether visually impaired people were included as participants. A literature search revealed only five relevant articles: two accuracy studies that included visually impaired people, but did not offer them complete nonvisual instruction; 34,35 a study of nonvisual cues for insulin pen use performed by blindfolded sighted people; 36 commentary on that study pointing out that real blind people may use their senses differently than blindfolded sighted people because of their different experiences relying on nonvisual senses; 37 and a task analysis of insulin pen use conducted by Burton and Uslan 38 of the American Federation for the Blind. This analysis showed that most of the steps needed to use pens can be accomplished by visually impaired people.…”