Publications by authors named "Adhiyat Najam"
Article Synopsis
- Type 1 diabetes (T1D) requires continuous blood glucose monitoring and insulin management, making self-management a critical part of everyday life for patients.
- The study involved six focus groups with 24 adult participants in Ontario to gather insights on important outcome measures for developing a virtual self-management education and support trial.
- Key findings revealed six themes related to T1D management, including adapting to needs, personalized health indicators, technology use, trust in healthcare providers, benefits of peer support, and thoughts on virtual care during and after COVID-19.
The Influence of Age, Sex, and Socioeconomic Status on Glycemic Control Among People With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Canada: Patient-Led Longitudinal Retrospective Cross-sectional Study With Multiple Time Points of Measurement.
JMIR Diabetes
April 2023
Background: Clinical guidelines for most adults with diabetes recommend maintaining hemoglobin A (HbA) levels ≤7% (≤53 mmol/mol) to avoid microvascular and macrovascular complications. People with diabetes of different ages, sexes, and socioeconomic statuses may differ in their ease of attaining this goal.
Objective: As a team of people with diabetes, researchers, and health professionals, we aimed to explore patterns in HbA results among people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes in Canada.
Navigating the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19, now COVID) pandemic has required resilience and creativity worldwide. Despite early challenges to productivity, more than 2,000 peer-reviewed articles on islet biology were published in 2021. Herein, we highlight noteworthy advances in islet research between January 2021 and April 2022, focussing on 5 areas.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this project was to engage with patient partners to translate knowledge about the decision aids and develop a scaling-up strategy for wider effects and reach.
Method: This project was guided by the World Health Organization and IDEAS (Integrate, Design, Assess and Share) frameworks for design thinking (e.g.
Introduction: Building capacity to improve sex/gender knowledge and strengthen patient engagement in clinical trials requires training and support. The overall goal of this 2-year project is to refine, translate and evaluate two web-based open-access patient and investigator decision aids aimed to improve patient engagement partnerships in clinical trials.
Methods And Analysis: Two decision aids were designed in Phase 1 of this programme of research and this protocol describes a subsequent sequential phased approach to refine/translate (Phase 2A) and conduct alpha/usability (Phase 2B) and beta/field (Phase 3) testing.
Background: A 2017 systematic review suggested patient engagement in clinical trials has been limited, with little active engagement in trial design or data analysis, interpretation or dissemination. Additionally, there remains limited sex/gender reporting in clinical trial research.
Objectives: The overall goal of this project was to disseminate sex/gender knowledge and build capacity for patient engagement in clinical trials.