Patient Perceptions of Diabetes Guideline Frameworks for Individualizing Glycemic Targets

Importance

Diabetes guidelines recommend considering specific factors, such as diabetes duration and life expectancy, to individualize treatment in older adults. These individualized glycemic targets inform decisions on whether to intensify or deintensify medication treatment plans. How older adults with diabetes perceive these factors used to individualize glycemic targets is unknown.

Objectives

To examine how older adults...