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Table 2 Clinical care process at baseline and follow up (%)

From: Community health workers improve diabetes care in remote Australian Indigenous communities: results of a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline

Endpoint (excluding 22 loss of follow up)

 

Control n = 113

Intervention n = 100

Control n = 107

Intervention n = 84

 

No

% (95% CI)

No

% (95% CI)

No

% (95% CI)

No

% (95% CI)

GPMP for diabetes %

19

22.2 (13.5-30.9)

28

40.3 (29.2-51.4)

24

29.6 (19.5-39.7)

27

40.3 (28.4-52.2)

Foot check%

50

44.2 (35.0-53.5)

31

31.0 (21.8-40.2)

38

35.5 (26.3-44.7)

26

31.0 (20.9-41.0)

Seen by DM educator %

46

40.7 (31.6-49.9)

52

52.0 (42.1-61.9)

41

38.3 (29.0-47.6)

44

52.4 (41.6-63.2)

Seen by dietician %

22

19.5 (12.1-26.8)

30

30.0 (20.9-39.1)

21

19.6 (12.0-27.2)

37

44.0 (33.3-54.8)

Dentist check %

20

17.7 (10.6-24.8)

13

13.0 (6.3-19.7)

9

8.4 (3.1-13.7)

15

17.9 (9.6-26.5)

ECG check%

37

32.7 (24.0-41.5)

42

42.0 (32.2-51.8)

34

43.9 (34.4-53.4)

35

40.5 (29.8-51.1)

Eye check %

54

47.8 (38.5-57.1)

42

42.0 (32.2-51.8)

56

52.3 (42.8-61.9)

37

44.0 (33.3-54.8)

Smoker %

38

34.5 (25.6-43.5)

34

35.1 (25.5-44.7)

33

31.2 (22.4-40.4)

34

41.5 (30.7-52.2)

Blood glucose self-monitor %

45

40.9 (31.6-50.2)

46

46.0 (36.1-55.9)

63

59.4 (50.0-68.9)

44

52.4 (41.6-63.2)

Taking insulin%

55

48.7 (39.4-58.0)

40

40.0 (30.3-49.7)

47

43.9 (34.4-53.4)

40

47.6 (36.8-58.4)

Dislipidemia %

83

73.5 (65.2-81.7)

84

84.0 (76.7-91.3)

91

85.0 (78.2-91.9)

76

90.5 (84.1-96.8)

Taking lipid lowering medicines%

91

81.3 (73.9-88.6)

77

77.0 (68.7-85.3)

87

82.1 (74.7-89.5)

62

73.8 (64.3-83.3)

Albuminuria and taking ACEi or ARB drugs

46

88.5 (79.6-97.3)

47

88.7 (80.0-97.4)

58

82.9 (73.9-91.8)

51

89.5 (81.4-97.6)

Adherent to all medicines

53

46.9 (37.6-56.2)

55

55.0 (45.1-64.9)

57

53.3 (43.7-62.8)

41

48.8 (38.0-59.6)

Had Fluvax

50

44.2 (35.0-53.5)

66

66.0 (56.6-75.4)

51

47.7 (38.1-57.2)

50

59.5 (48.9-70.2)

  1. The proportion calculated on available records. Taking insulin including having either long-term, medium-term or short-term insulin. Albuminuria defined as ACR > =3.4 mg/mmol; taking lipid lowering medicines including statin, fibrate, and lipase inhibitors.