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Table 2 Agreement Between DID-PQ Items and the Global Preference Item Assessing Preferences between Two GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Injection Devices (N = 310)

From: Validity and analysis of the Diabetes Injection Device Preference Questionnaire (DID-PQ)

 

Patients whose DID-PQ Responses Matched Their Responses on the Global Preference Item

     

DID-PQ Itemsa

Prefer Dulaglutide Device

No Preference between Devices

Prefer Semaglutide Device

Percent Agreement

Gwet AC1 (SE)

PABAK (SE)

Percent Disagreement

Missing DID-PQ

Response

1. Ease of preparing device and medication for use

258

3

21

282 (91.0%)

0.90 (0.02)

0.86 (0.02)

28 (9.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2. Ease of fitting injection into your routine

233

9

24

266 (85.8%)

0.83 (0.03)

0.79 (0.03)

44 (14.2%)

0 (0.0%)

3. Ease of bringing device with you when you have to inject away from home

211

6

27

244 (78.7%)

0.74 (0.03)

0.68 (0.03)

66 (21.3%)

0 (0.0%)

4. Confidence that device provides the correct dose of medication every time

221

5

27

253 (81.6%)

0.78 (0.03)

0.72 (0.03)

57 (18.4%)

0 (0.0%)

5. Confidence that you are using device correctly

238

7

22

267 (86.1%)

0.84 (0.02)

0.80 (0.03)

42 (13.5%)

1 (0.3%)

6. Size of the needle

155

7

23

185 (59.7%)

0.47 (0.04)

0.40 (0.04)

124 (40.0%)

1 (0.3%)

7. Time it takes to prepare and inject medication

248

4

14

266 (85.8%)

0.84 (0.02)

0.79 (0.03)

43 (13.9%)

1 (0.3%)

8. Overall satisfaction with device

252

9

29

290 (93.5%)

0.92 (0.02)

0.90 (0.02)

20 (6.5%)

0 (0.0%)

9. Overall ease of using device (gated secondary outcome)

256

7

20

283 (91.3%)

0.90 (0.02)

0.87 (0.02)

27 (8.7%)

0 (0.0%)

10. Overall convenience of using device

257

6

25

288 (92.9%)

0.92 (0.02)

0.89 (0.02)

22 (7.1%)

0 (0.0%)

  1. Abbreviations: DID-PQ Diabetes Injection Device Preference Questionnaire, PABAK Prevalence-adjusted and bias-adjusted kappa, SE Standard Error
  2. a The items are abbreviated in this table. The full item language is included in Table 3