Data collection of patients with diabetes in family medicine: a study in north-eastern Italy

Table 3 Percentage of the 270 general practitioners (family physicians) who had 0%, ≥50% or ≥75% of their patients with diabetes having data recorded for each of the 12 performance indicators in 2006 and 2009

Performance indicators	Percentage of the family physicians with 0% of their patients with data		Percentage of the family physicians with ≥50% of their patients with data		Percentage of the family physicians with ≥75% of their patients with data
Performance indicators	2006	2009	2006	2009	2006	2009
Blood pressure^b	49	38^***	0	0	0	0
BMI^a	35	19^***	17	20	6	6
Smoking habits^a	67	57^**	1	1	1	1
Total cholesterol^a	33	13^***	24	44^***	3	7^*
LDL cholesterol^a	47	35^***	6	10^**	0	0
Microalbuminuria^a	56	37^***	2	10^***	0	0
Creatinine^a	36	15^***	24	42^***	2	7^**
Creatinine clearance^a	76	47^***	0	0	0	0
Glycated haemoglobin^b	72	45^***	0	0	0	0
Foot examination^a	93	74^***	0	0	0	0
Eye examination^a	35	9^***	0	0	0	0
Urine test^a	38	17^***	17	35^***	2	5^*

BMI body mass index, LDL low-density lipoprotein
^a≥ 1 registration/year
^b≥ 4 registrations/year
^*,**,*** p for the comparison of proportions between years <0.05, <0.01, <0.001

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