Table 4.
Sessional evaluation scores
| PADs | SHPs | Difference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question | Mean (sd) | Median | Mean (sd) | Median | Means | Unadjusted P-value | Adjusted P-value |
| Q1. I feel I have learnt | 8.39 (0.86) | 8.25 | 8.94 (0.68) | 9.00 | 0.55 | 0.025 | 0.030 |
| Q2. Quality of presentation | 8.73 (0.83) | 8.85 | 9.22 (0.31) | 9.20 | 0.12 | 0.025 | 0.009 |
| Q3. Opportunities for participation | 8.95 (0.51) | 9.00 | 9.37 (0.42) | 9.40 | 0.05 | 0.005 | 0.001 |
| Q4. This has helped my understanding about diabetes | 8.50 (0.76) | 8.70 | 9.02 (0.49) | 9.20 | 0.20 | 0.013 | 0.004 |
| Q5. This will help me in managing my diabetes | 8.50 (0.70) | 8.60 | 8.89 (0.57) | 9.00 | 0.39 | 0.060 | 0.011 |
PADs, peer advisers in diabetes group; sd, standard deviation; SHPs, specialist health professionals group.
Responses were on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
Adjusted P-value: significance of group effect after adjustments for blood pressure, body mass index, age, gender, duration of diabetes and glycated haemoglobin in multiple linear regression.