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Table 2 Effect of the intervention (structured DSME*) on the primary outcome (average change in HbA1c†) after 3-months follow-up.‡

From: Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness

Fixed Effects

Unit: mmol/mol

Units: %

Parameters

Coefficients

95% CI

P-value

Coefficients

95% CI

P-value

Intercept

72

56 to 89

 < .001

8.8

7.3 to 10.3

 < .001

Site (WGMH)¶

9

2 to 15

0.007

0.8

0.2 to 1.4

0.006

Diabetes duration (years)

1

0 to 1

0.023

0.1

0.0 to 0.1

0.021

Age(years)

0

-1 to 0

0.081

0.0

-0.1 to 0.0

0.071

Arm (Intervention)

1

-5 to 8

0.726

0.1

-0.5 to 0.7

0.724

Follow-up interval#

-2

-3 to -1

 < .001

-0.2

-0.3 to -0.1

 < .001

 

Random Effects

Parameter

SD

SD

Intercept

21

1.9

Residual

13

1.5

Intraclass correlation

0.7

0.6

  1. *DSME is diabetes self-management education intervention. The intervention tested was an adapted version of an evidence based structured DSME: Diabetes Self-Management Education for New and ON-going Diabetes (DESMOND) [6, 14]. The comparator was usual care
  2. † HbA1c is glycated Haemoglobin. ‡Data are presented as coefficient estimates from linear mixed models
  3. ¶WGMH is Weija Gbawe Municipal Hospital site. The comparator was Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Polyclinic
  4. # Participants were followed for at least three months