Table 2.
Follow-up Time, Treatment Intensification and Intervention Exposure by Number of Clinic Follow-up Visits
| Number of visits to clinic | Number (%) of patients | Follow-up time (months)* | Number of treatment intensifications (dose increase or addition of a drug)† | Number (%) of patients referred for an uncertainty reduction intervention (intervention group only)‡ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IC | UCC | IC | UCC | IC | UCC | ABPM§ | MEMS || | Lifestyle¶ | Any Referral | |
| 1 | 14 (4) | 17 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 ± 0.52 | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2–3 | 36 (11) | 59 (17) | 11.8 ± 9.3 | 12.9 ± 10.3 | 0.9 ± 0.77 | 0.6 ± 0.6 | 6 (17) | 5 (14) | 8 (22) | 12 (27) |
| 4–5 | 60 (19) | 65 (19) | 17.9 ± 8.7 | 16.9 ± 7.7 | 1.3 ± 1.0 | 0.9 ± 0.8 | 10 (17) | 8 (13) | 14 (23) | 19 (31) |
| 6–9 | 117 (37) | 142 (41) | 22.7 ± 5.1 | 23.5 ± 5.2 | 1.7 ± 1.2 | 1.3 ± 1.3 | 29 (25) | 31 (25) | 32 (27) | 57 (49) |
| ≥10 | 84 (26) | 62 (18) | 24.5 ± 4.2 | 24.9 ± 4.5 | 2.8 ± 2.1 | 2.2 ±1.7 | 26 (31) | 26 (31) | 31 (37) | 42 (50) |
| Column total or overall mean | 320 | 345 | 19.8 ± 8.7 | 19.5 ± 9.1 | 1.8 ± 1.5 | 1.3 ± 1.5 | 72 (23) | 70 (22) | 85 (27) | 131 (40) |
*p = 09 for overall mean follow-up months
†p < 0.001 for overall mean difference
‡Denominator for percents = 320
§25% controlled
||71% adherent (≥80% of prescribed doses taken)
¶45 (53%) had high fat diet pattern; 76(89%) had low fruit/vegetable intake; 60 (71%) had sedentary lifestyle; 18 (21%) smoked