Table 5. Percentage of clinicians responding to components of their routine advice about self management.

Questions in the clinicianquestionnaire	% Yes (N 487 to 491)	Which ONEwould youdo?## (N 416)	Corresponding questions inpatient questionnaire	% “Yes” or “Almost Always”	Correlation between patient and clinician responses
Providing patients with advice on the self- management of their diabetes is something that for me routinely includes …			Again thinking about the last 12 months, when you received care for your diabetes from a doctor or nurse …’
Giving advice that takes account ofindividual circumstances	86.2	22.7	Did you agree a plan to manage yourdiabetes over the next 12 months?	29.4%	0.14
Advising about the nutritional contentof their diet	84.9	18.5	Were you given personal adviceabout the kinds of food to eat?	23.6%	0.10
Referral to a dietician	73.5	5.3	In the last 12 months have youseen a dietician?	18.7%	0.37**
Referral to the practice nurse	62.7	40.4
Providing disposable equipmentfor self-monitoring of blood glucose	61.0	1.85
Suggesting NHS course for trainingpatients with diabetes in selfmanagement	50.1	9.5
Other	15.4	1.85

^##Question stem “If pressed for time which ONE would you do?”; figure is % endorsing that response.

^**p<0.01.