Perceptions and experiences of taking oral hypoglycaemic agents among people of Pakistani and Indian origin : qualitative study Lawton, Julia, Ahmad, Naureen, Hallowell, Nina, Hanna, Lisa and Douglas, Margaret 2005, Perceptions and experiences of taking oral hypoglycaemic agents among people of Pakistani and Indian origin : qualitative study, BMJ, vol. 330, no. 7502, pp. 1247-1250, doi: 10.1136/bmj.38460.642789.E0. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hanna-perceptionsandexperiences-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 174.34KB 229 Title Perceptions and experiences of taking oral hypoglycaemic agents among people of Pakistani and Indian origin : qualitative study Author(s) Lawton, Julia Ahmad, Naureen Hallowell, Nina Hanna, Lisa orcid.org/0000-0003-3173-3381 Douglas, Margaret Journal name BMJ Volume number 330 Issue number 7502 Start page 1247 End page 1250 Total pages 3 Publisher BMJ group Place of publication London, England Publication date 2005 ISSN 0959-535X 1468-5833 Summary Objective:  To explore British Pakistani and British Indian patients’ perceptions and experiences of taking oral hypoglycaemic agents (OHAs). Design : Observational cross sectional study using in-depth interviews in English or Punjabi. Setting and participants : 32 patients of Pakistani and Indian origin with type 2 diabetes, recruited from primary care and community sources in Edinburgh, Scotland. Results : Respondents reported complex and ambivalent views about OHAs, which reflected their ambivalent attitudes towards Western drugs in general. Respondents considered OHAs to be an important part of the diabetic regimen because they perceived British healthcare professionals to be competent and trustworthy prescribers, and they considered the medicines available in Britain to be superior to those on the Indian subcontinent. Despite this, some respondents made deliberate efforts to reduce their tablet intake without being advised to do so. Reasons for this included perceptions that drugs worked by providing relief of symptoms and concerns that OHAs could be detrimental to health if taken for long periods, in conjunction with other drugs, or without traditional foods. Conclusions : British Pakistani and Indian patients’ perceptions of their OHAs may partly derive from popular ideas about drugs on the Indian subcontinent. Cultural factors need to be understood and taken into consideration to ensure that these patients are given appropriate advice and to avoid unnecessary changes to prescriptions. Language eng DOI 10.1136/bmj.38460.642789.E0 Field of Research 111102 Dietetics and Nutrigenomics Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2005, BMJ Group Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30023701 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 15 Feb 2010, 07:46:22 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 14:18:52 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 14:20:07 EST Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 14:36:12 EST Fri, 12 Mar 2010, 14:18:23 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 13:27:25 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2010, 13:42:02 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 14:23:49 EST Tue, 10 Mar 2015, 09:16:23 EST Fri, 26 Aug 2016, 14:19:54 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2016, 15:15:47 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 14:32:11 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:02:09 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 63 times in TR Web of Science Cited 72 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 835 Abstract Views, 229 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 15 Feb 2010, 07:46:22 EST

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