Table 2.
Prevalence of diabetes care and management practices among adults with diabetes, pre- and during pandemic
| Pre pandemica | Pandemicb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted n | 14,972 | 13,647 | ||
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | PD (95% CI) | aPDc (95% CI) | |
| Diabetes care practices | ||||
| Engagement with healthcare | ||||
| Biannual health professional visits for diabetes | 75.9 (74.5, 77.3) | 74.2 (72.7, 75.7) | −1.7 (−3.7, 0.3) | −1.9 (−3.9, 0.1) |
| Biannual HbA1c tests | 75.4 (73.9, 76.8) | 73.1 (71.3, 74.7) | −2.3 (−4.5, −0.1) | −2.6 (−4.8, −0.4) |
| Annual foot exam | 78.3 (76.9, 79.6) | 77.3 (75.7, 78.7) | −1.0 (−3.0, 1.0) | −1.4 (−3.4, 0.6) |
| Annual eye exam | 72.2 (70.7, 73.6) | 68.7 (66.9, 70.5) | −3.5 (−5.9, −1.1) | −4.0 (−6.2, −1.8) |
| Self-management | ||||
| Exercise in past 30 days | 61.7 (60.1, 63.2) | 61.8 (60.0, 63.6) | 0.1 (−2.3, 2.5) | −0.4 (−2.8, 2.0) |
| Not current smoker | 84.7 (83.5, 85.9) | 87.1 (85.9, 88.2) | 2.4 (0.8, 4.0) | 2.0 (0.4, 3.6) |
| Daily foot checks | 57.6 (56.0, 59.2) | 59.6 (57.8, 61.4) | 2.0 (−0.4, 4.4) | 2.1 (−0.3, 4.5) |
| Daily glucose self-monitoring‡ | 87.9 (85.8, 89.7) | 89.2 (87.5, 90.7) | 1.3 (−1.2, 3.8) | 3.3 (−6.1, 12.7) |
a
BRFSS 2019
b
BRFSS 2021
‡
Restricted to adults using insulin (n = 5,159, pre-pandemic; n = 4599, pandemic)
*
Consists of all the following healthcare practices- biannual health professional visits for diabetes, biannual HbA1c tests, annual foot, and eye exams
a
Adjusted for age, sex, race, urbanicity, insurance status, employment status, education level, marital status
Error bars represent 95% CI of the adjusted prevalence difference