Table 3 Negative Perceptions of Injection Device Attributes (N = 32)

Needle

I think I don’t like the fact that after you mix it up, you now have to screw the needle on top of it.

Portability

Well, like I said, I don’t carry it with me, I—I do it at my house because it is too big to carry.

Discreetness

This was a little bit bigger where it was much more difficult to take it without someone seeing it or, you know, realizing what I’m doing.

Storage

Storage, um, the box takes up a little bit of room in my refrigerator, I would rather it be a smaller box...

Injection preparation

When you’re mixing them you have to be careful, you know, how you mix it…I wish I didn’t have to go through the stages of, you know, mixing it and, um, shaking the device, and making sure it’s well diluted, you know. It’s a waste of time.

Confidence in appropriate device usage

Any little mistake could like, you know, it could result to like, not proper administration of dosage.

Size

It’s a little bit cumbersome, a little bit too big.

Injection comfort

It’s getting plenty sore, I’ve got to try to find a different area every week.

Multiple parts

I’d prefer if it was just together.

Dose delivery confidence/confirmation

I will say I wonder sometimes if it all goes in because they’ll be like – when I pull it out sometimes there will be liquid at the end of it. So yeah, I guess sometimes I wonder if it’s all going in.

Dosing schedule

It’s a bad thing because it’s not something you can do in a hurry or if you’re on the run.

Injection timing/flexibility

There is a strict time window, you must take it in the hour before you eat a large meal. That can be—that can be problematic.

Injection site

You can only do it in certain areas of your body…The part that bothers me is that it can get very sensitive so you have to find a spot that’s not sensitive.