Analysis of insulin injection pen use by people with diabetes mellitus: an integrative review ; Análisis del uso de inyectores de insulina por personas con diabetes mellitus: una revisión integradora ; Análise do uso da caneta injetora de insulina por pessoas com diabetes mellitus: uma revisão integrativa

Injector pens represent a major advance in the forms of insulin delivery, optimizing the treatment of DM. The vast majority of patients prefer injection pens as a means of delivering insulin because of their greater ease of use, confidence in dosing accuracy, and less injection pain. The main objective of this study is to analyze the preference regarding the use of injection pens by patients with DM. This is an integrative review, whose data were collected from February 27 to March 04, 2022 and the PUBMED, SciELO and LILACS databases were used. The following search strategies were carried out: “caneta injetora” AND “diabetes”; “injection pen” AND “diabetes”; “caneta injetora” AND “insulina” and “injection pen” AND “insulin”. Patients with DM choose injectable insulin devices based on confidence in delivering the correct dose, ease of selecting the correct dose, overall ease of use of the injection device, frequency of injections, and ease of transporting the device when injecting is required. out of home. Devices that are easy to handle and that induce a feeling of confidence about accurate and reliable injection have a higher acceptance rate. It is concluded that the existence of different models of injector pens allows the user to be able to choose the device that best suits him, taking into account his physical, financial and social characteristics. ; Las plumas inyectoras representan un gran avance en las formas de administración de insulina, optimizando el tratamiento de la DM. La gran mayoría de los pacientes prefieren las plumas de inyección como medio de administración de insulina debido a su mayor facilidad de uso, confianza en la precisión de la dosificación y menos dolor de inyección. El objetivo principal de este estudio es analizar la preferencia en cuanto al uso de bolígrafos inyectores por parte de los pacientes con DM. Esta es una revisión integradora, cuyos datos fueron recolectados del 27 de febrero al 04 de marzo de 2022 y se utilizaron las bases de datos PUBMED, SciELO y LILACS. Se realizaron ...