Future Acceptance of an Artificial Pancreas in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Abstract

A newly developed questionnaire examining the acceptance of an AP indicated that most patients with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion-treated type 1 diabetes have the intention to use an AP system and have a positive attitude toward perceived usefulness, ease of use, and trust.

Psychological outcomes of evening and night closed‐loop insulin delivery under free living conditions in people with Type 1 diabetes: a 2‐month randomized crossover trial

“…To date, assessment of psychosocial factors of the artificial pancreas indicates that, overall, acceptance of the artificial pancreas is good, achieving 75.7% of full acceptance (actual/maximum artificial pancreas questionnaire total score). Compared with previous ‘paper case studies’, the present study showed a lower ‘intention to use’ the artificial pancreas system (70 vs about 85% of artificial pancreas questionnaire theme ‘intention to use’ maximum score) 6, 7. Also no significant improvements in patient‐related outcome measures were found vs the comparator (sensor‐augmented pump).…”

“…Validated Dutch, French and Italian versions were used 11. The artificial pancreas questionnaire (Cronbach's α 0.91) was developed based on the technology acceptance model 7, comprising four themes: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, intention to use and trust, distributed over 15 questions, with a scoring range of 0–6 per item. A higher total score indicates higher artificial pancreas acceptance (range 0–90).…”

“…A higher total score indicates higher artificial pancreas acceptance (range 0–90). The artificial pancreas questionnaire was translated for this study into Italian and French using a forward‐back translation procedure 7. The questionnaire is available on request in Dutch, English, French, German and Italian 7.…”

“…These interviews, based on the technology assessment model 7, were performed face‐to‐face or by telephone, according to the participants’ availability. Interviews were performed until no new information or themes were observed in the data and ‘saturation’ was reached.…”

“…Previous studies have shown high future acceptance of the artificial pancreas by participants when asked to report their preferences based on a ‘paper case description‘ 6, 7. Ziegler et al .…”