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Towards a personalized medicine approach in diabetes type 2 secondary care : implementation of personalized medicine approach in Dutch diabetes secondary care, from the perspectives of healthcare professionals
Pazenko, Iana (2022) Towards a personalized medicine approach in diabetes type 2 secondary care : implementation of personalized medicine approach in Dutch diabetes secondary care, from the perspectives of healthcare professionals.
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| Abstract: | This study aimed to gain insight on whether different components of personalized medicine are currently integrated in Dutch diabetes type 2 secondary care, from the perspectives of healthcare professionals. Additionally, the study intended to identify the facilitating and impeding factors that influence the implementation of the personalized approach in diabetes secondary care. Semi-structured interviews with Dutch diabetes healthcare professionals were conducted. The study revealed that diabetes healthcare professionals in Dutch secondary care partially integrate personalized medicine into their care delivery. While they already actively use such components of the personalized approach, as comorbidities, medication usage, diabetes phenotype, and personal factors, other components, such as genetic factors, biomarkers, and healthcare resources are not effectively used. Factors as high evidence, the lack of limitations in healthcare resources, skills of healthcare professionals that allows them to involve patients in decision making, were identified as facilitating factors. Meanwhile, factors including limited healthcare resources, low evidence of the effectiveness of personalizing care based on genetic factors, outdated guidelines that do not mention personalization, and resistance of healthcare professionals were identified as impeding factors. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | TNW: Science and Technology |
| Programme: | Health Sciences MSc (66851) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/93683 |
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