Table 1. Practice mean (SD) percentage of patients reporting having received elements of care.
| Thinking about the last 12 months, when you received care for yourdiabetes from a doctor or nurse | Mean (SD)% Yes* | BMI <25(n 454) | BMI 25–30(n 877) | BMI >30(n 924) |
| Were you provided with general information about diabetes? | 68.3 (10.1) | |||
| Were you given advice about how YOU should manage YOUR diabetes? | 64.0 (11.0) | |||
| Were you given advice about how to manage your weight? | 47.8 (13.8) | 28.5 (25.4) | 44.8 (19.6) | 61.1 (20.2) |
| Were you given advice about eating less to manage your weight? | 43.0 (13.2) | 19.5 (19.1) | 39.8 (20.9) | 57.2 (18.1) |
| Were you given written information (e.g. a leaflet) about managing your weight? | 41.2 (13.5) | 31.9 (22.9) | 39.3 (19.0) | 45.3 (19.0) |
| Were you given advice about doing more exercise to manage your weight? | 42.1 (12.7) | 21.0 (21.3) | 39.6 (19.3) | 54.4 (18.6) |
| Were you asked to see a dietician to discuss managing your weight? | 24.4 (16.2) | 16.0 (18.9) | 20.0 (18.3) | 31.3 (21.9) |
| Were you asked to see a dietician to discuss managing your blood sugar? | 18.9 (11.7) | |||
| Was it suggested to you to attend a gym to help manage your diabetes? | 10.4 (8.7) | |||
| Was it suggested to you to attend a weight loss organisation? | 9.5 (8.5) | 1.7 (5.7) | 5.1 (8.2) | 15.2 (14.3) |
| Were you offered or did you receive “exercise on prescription” to helpmanage your diabetes? | 7.2 (7.2) | |||
| Were you prescribed a drug to help you lose weight? | 6.0 (5.5) | 1.1 (4.7) | 2.1 (4.5) | 10.8 (11.4) |
| Did this information help you to better understand diabetes? | 62.8 (10.7) | |||
| Almost always | Some of the time | Rarely/not at all | ||
| Did you agree when your next appointment would be? | 54.0 (13.4) | 14.5 (6.7) | 22.7 (10.2) | |
| Did you agree a plan to manage your diabetes over the next 12 months? | 29.4 (12.4) | 19.8 (7.8) | 41.4 (12.3) | |
| Were you given personal advice about the kinds of food to eat? | 23.6 (9.1) | 33.8 (11.1) | 34.1 (11.1) | |
| Did you discuss your ideas about the best way to manage your diabetes? | 22.9 (8.6) | 37.2 (8.9) | 31.4 (12.1) | |
| Did you discuss your goals in caring for your diabetes? | 17.0 (7.8) | 30.0 (10.9) | 42.1 (11.3) | |
| Were you given personal advice about your levels of physical activity? | 15.9 (8.7) | 32.2 (8.2) | 41.7 (13.4) | |
| Were you given the chance to discuss different medications? | 15.4 (6.9) | 25.1 (7.3) | 49.1 (11.4) |
*
Between 1.1 and 4.0% responded “Don’t know” to each question.