Table 3. Practice mean (SD) values for patients’ reported levels of confidence that they can deal with elements of diabetes care.

How confident are you that youunderstand…	Not at allconfident				Very confident	Diabetes Duration#
…what to expect if your blood glucosedrops too low?	21.9 (8.2)	10.4 (11.0)	16.1 (5.7)	15.5 (7.3)	26.6 (7.6)	<0.0001
…the reasons for taking prescribed medicinesto manage your diabetes	7.4 (4.2)	6.3 (3.9)	14.6 (10.9)	18.1 (6.9)	39.1 (9.7)	<0.0001
…the long term health effects of your diabetes?	11.6 (5.8)	8.8 (4.6)	17.8 (10.7)	20.5 (7.9)	31.9 (8.8)	<0.0001
…the impact of cholesterol levels on yourdiabetes?	16.1 (7.3)	12.9 (5.5)	16.7 (6.2)	17.9 (6.9)	27.3 (11.0)	0.0003
…the impact of blood pressure levels on your diabetes	16.5 (7.3)	12.8 (6.5)	16.3 (6.5)	17.3 (6.8)	28.0 (11.0)	0.0002
…how drinking alcohol can affect your diabetes?	12.0 (5.6)	9.0 (4.8)	13.4 (5.7)	17.2 (6.6)	36.7 (10.7)	0.0004
…the effects of stress on your diabetes?	22.9 (7.8)	14.9 (10.5)	16.2 (6.8)	14.0 (5.6)	21.6 (7.2)	<0.0001
…the effects of tiredness on your diabetes?	24.5 (8.1)	14.4 (5.4)	17.5 (11.0)	12.6 (5.5)	21.6 (7.3)	0.0003

^#comparison of those scoring “confident” or “very confident” for patients who have had diabetes less than two years versus those who have had diabetes more than two years.