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Publication Factors influencing insulin acceptance among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in a primary care clinic: a qualitative exploration(BMC, 2013) ;Abu Hassan, H ;Tohid, H ;Amin, RM ;Bidin, MBL ;Muthupalaniappen, LOmar, KBackground: Many Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients refuse insulin therapy even when they require this modality of treatment. However, some eventually accept insulin. This study aimed to explore the T2DM patients' reasons for accepting insulin therapy and their initial barriers to use insulin. Methods: This qualitative study interviewed twenty-one T2DM patients at a primary care clinic who had been on insulin for more than a year through three in-depth interviews and three focus group discussions. A semi structured interview protocol was used and the sessions were audio-recorded. Subsequently, thematic analysis was conducted to identify major themes. Results: The participants' acceptance of insulin was influenced by their concerns and beliefs about diabetes and insulin. Concerns about complications of poorly controlled diabetes and side effects of other treatment regime had resulted in insulin acceptance among the participants. They also had a strong belief in insulin benefits and effectiveness. These concerns and beliefs were the results of having good knowledge about the diabetes and insulin, experiential learning, as well as doctors' practical and emotional support that helped them to accept insulin therapy and become efficient in self-care management. These factors also allayed their negative concerns and beliefs towards diabetes and insulin, which were their barriers for insulin acceptance as it caused fear to use insulin. These negative concerns were related to injection (self-injection, needle phobia, injection pain), and insulin use (inconvenience, embarrassment, lifestyle restriction, negative social stigma, and poor self-efficacy), whereas the negative beliefs were 'insulin could cause organ damage', 'their diabetes was not serious enough', 'insulin is for life-long', and 'insulin is for more severe disease only'. Conclusions: Exploring patients' concerns and beliefs about diabetes and insulin is crucial to assist physicians in delivering patient-centered care. By understanding this, physicians could address their concerns with aim to modify their patients' misconceptions towards insulin therapy. In addition, continuous educations as well as practical and emotional support from others were found to be valuable for insulin acceptance. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Publication Wettability Effect of the Surface Morphologies of Musa acuminata Leaves(North Carolina State Univ Dept Wood & Paper Sci, 2019) ;Abu Hassan, H ;Ghazali, MJ ;Meric, CAzhari, CHThe biomimetic application was studied for banana leaves (Musa acuminata Colla), which have been commonly used as a traditional cleaning technique for ironing plates. In this study, banana leaf surfaces were subjected to horizontal sliding forces of 5 N, 10 N, 15 N, and 30 N, using a heated plate at 100 degrees C, 200 degrees C, 300 degrees C, and 500 degrees C. The self-cleaning behavior of the banana leaves was determined by measuring the adhesion force, roughness, and contact angle, which were subsequently correlated with the surface morphology. Based on the results of this study, the adhesion force decreased from 6.39 nN +/- 0.42 nN at 100 degrees C to 0.50 nN +/- 0.50 nN at 500 degrees C with a load of 30 N, whereas the roughness increased from 0.79 mu m +/- 0.21 mu m at 100 degrees C to 1.12 mu m +/- 0.30 mu m at 500 degrees C. Furthermore, the contact angle decreased from 124.8 degrees at 100 degrees C to 104.0 degrees at 500 degrees C with a load of 30 N. This study established that the morphology of the banana leaves was altered with the temperature during sliding, which correlated with the surface characteristics.