| Variable |
Frequency |
Percentage |
| Physician priorities in managing patients with diabetes |
| Priority |
1. For a person newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes presents to your clinic: |
2. For a person with a 20-year history of diabetes presents to your clinic for the first time: |
3. For a person with diabetes presents to your clinic for the first time and reports tingling in their feet: |
4. For a person with diabetes presents to your clinic for the first time and reports that they have a small cut on their foot: |
5. If you conduct a full foot assessment on a person with diabetes and find that they have evidence of peripheral neuropathy, absent pedal pulses and an ulcer of 1 cm in diameter: |
| HbA1c review (assessing blood glucose management) |
55.9% |
52.3% |
29.7% |
22.5% |
23.0% |
| Medication review |
9.0% |
10.4% |
5.0% |
4.1% |
6.8% |
| Blood pressure review and management |
5.0% |
4.1% |
5.4% |
7.7% |
5.4% |
| Renal function assessment |
4.1% |
3.6% |
4.1% |
5.0% |
0.9% |
| Lipid assessment |
0.5% |
2.7% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
3.6% |
| Lifestyle education (diet/exercise/weight) |
6.3% |
3.2% |
5.4% |
4.1% |
2.3% |
| Conduct full foot assessment (neurological, pulses, risk rating) |
1.8% |
2.3% |
27.5% |
17.6% |
13.1% |
| Referral to podiatrist |
0.5% |
2.7% |
1.4% |
0.9% |
3.2% |
| Eye examination |
3.2% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
2.3% |
| Smoking assessment |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
| Self-management assessment |
0.5% |
0.0% |
1.4% |
2.7% |
2.3% |
| Emotional/psychological health assessment |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
2.7% |
| Driving safety education |
1.4% |
0.0% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
| Ongoing wound dressing in primary care |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
12.6% |
1.8% |
| Referral to diabetes educator |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.5% |
| Referral to general practitioner |
0.5% |
0.5% |
0.0% |
0.5% |
1.4% |
| Referral to tertiary multidisciplinary diabetes service |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
2.3% |
| Referral to endocrinologist |
0.9% |
0.5% |
0.9% |
0.9% |
1.4% |
| Referral to specialist tertiary diabetic foot clinic (multidisciplinary high risk foot service) |
2.3% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
4.5% |
14.4% |
| Referral to vascular surgeon |
0.9% |
1.4% |
2.3% |
0.5% |
3.6% |
