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Table 3 Components of care received according to the patient

From: Structured diabetes care leads to differences in organization of care in general practices: the healthcare professional and patient perspective

 

First questionnaire

Second questionnaire

 

SC#

(301)

CAU##

(102)

P-value

SC# (189)

CAU## (61)

P-value

Contact healthcare professional during the past year, % (N)

      

   General practitioner

59.0*(177)

46.1*(47)

0.02

58.5*(110)

43.5*(27)

0.04

   Diabetes specialist nurse

37.5 (112)

43.1 (44)

0.31

38.5 (73)

51.6 (32)

0.08

   Practice nurse

34.0**(102)

17.6**(18)

0.002

35.1*(66)

16.1*(10)

0.05

   Practice assistant

24.1* (72)

13.7* (14)

0.03

26.6*(50)

12.9*(8)

0.03

   Dietician

26.3* (79)

15.7* (16)

0.03

18.1(34)

11.3(7)

0.21

   Ophthalmologist

72.6 (217)

68.6 (70)

0.45

75.0(141)

80.6(50)

0.40

   Internist

9.7** (29)

44.1**(45)

<0.001

11.2**(21)

41.9**(26)

<0.001

   Cardiologist

13.0 (39)

18.0 (18)

0.22

11.7(22)

16.1(10)

0.38

Received good education on % (N):

      

   Nutrition/diet

94.3* (265)

85.9* (79)

0.01

94.3*(165)

82.2*(48)

0.01

   Exercise

91.0 (243)

85.6 (77)

0.16

94.5**(156)

80.4**(45)

0.001

   Smoking

71.7 (114)

60.3 (38)

0.07

77.3(75)

65.8(25)

0.19

   Foot care

89.5**(247)

69.9**(65)

<0.001

93.6**(41)

74.5**(160)

<0.001

Checks/examination during the past year of % (N):

      

   Blood pressure

99.4 (295)

97.5 (96)

0.07

100(186)

100(61)

-

   Weight

97.5**(276)

89.9**(88)

<0.001

98.9*(182)

91.7*(55)

0.01

   Eye

89.5 (246)

89.0 (86)

0.88

91.8(169)

93.0(53)

0.99

   Foot

92.4**(253)

76.2**(68)

<0.001

96.0**(168)

82.8**(53)

0.002

Diabetes passport received

66.9**(194)

19.1**(17)

<0.001

70.0**(126)

38.6**(22)

<0.001

HbA1c knowledge

70.9*(205)

56.2* (54)

0.01

74.7*(133)

61.7*(37)

0.05

  1. * p < 0.05,** p <0.01, between Structured Care and care-as-usual group. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to missing data
  2. # SC = Structured Care ## CAU = Care-As-Usual