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Table 3 Participants’ Experiences with Their Community Health Agent (CHA)a

From: A pilot study of a Community Health Agent-led type 2 diabetes self-management program using Motivational Interviewing-based approaches in a public primary care center in São Paulo, Brazil

Item

% Participants Who ‘Agree’ or ‘Totally Agree’

 

Baseline (n = 56)

6 month (n = 52)

% 6 month—% Baselineb

95%CI

p - value

My CHA understood my point of view about my diabetes

73%

92%

19%

5.4–32.8%

0.009

My CHA expressed confidence in my ability to make decisions about my diabetes

64%

88%

24%

8.9–39.4%

0.003

My CHA understood how I want to take care of my diabetes

68%

88%

21%

5.6–35.6%

0.010

My CHA encouraged me to ask questions about my diabetes

57%

75%

18%

0.3–35.4%

0.051

I feel my CHA gave me options about how to control my diabetes

NAc

62%

-

-

-

My CHA helped me define specific goals for my diabetes

NA

71%

-

-

-

My CHA helped me resolve problems that came up with taking care of my diabetes

NA

50%

-

-

-

At times I felt negatively judged by my CHA

NA

12%

-

-

-

My CHA helped me identify my personal values that are important for me

NA

71%

-

-

-

My relationship with my CHA improved significantly over the past 6 months

NA

63%

-

-

-

My diabetes care improved significantly over the past 6 months

-

65%

-

-

-

  1. aItems from Health Care Climate Questionnaire (HCCQ) with four response choices of “Totally Disagree,” “Disagree”, “Agree”, and “Totally Agree”
  2. bDifference in proportion of Agree or Strongly Agree between baseline and 6 month values
  3. cNA (Not assessed): These items were only asked at 6-month follow-up