Table 6. Percentage of clinicians responding to components of their routine advice about general education.

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 general education about diabetes is something that for me routinely includes … “			“Thinking about the last 12 months, when you received care for your diabetes from a doctor or nurse…”
How the patient is involved incontrolling diabetes	96.9	28.6	How you should manage your diabetes	64.0	−0.04
			Best way to manage your diabetes	22.9	0.06
			Agree a plan to manage your diabetesover the next 12 months	29.4	0.09
			What to do to manage your symptoms	28.9	−0.01
Ensuring that they understand	91.3	19.5	Information help you better understanddiabetes	62.8	−0.05
What the symptoms of diabetes are	92.3	2.3	Provided with general informationabout diabetes	68.3	0.04
Medical management	89.2	11.7	Given the chance to discuss differentmedications	15.4	0.18
			Reasons for taking prescribed medicinesto manage your diabetes	44.1	0.23
Providing a leaflet/printed materials	85.1	21.0	Gave you a leaflet or other printermaterial	37.0	0.08
The cause of diabetes	78.7	1.6	The causes of diabetes	31.0	0.12
The time course of diabetes	66.8	0.3	Long term health effects of yourdiabetes	42.9	0.03
Recommending Diabetes UK	66.8	6.0	Ever visited Diabetes UK website	19.1	0.14
Recommending a diabetes educationcourse	52.9	5.7	Offered opportunity to attendeducation/training course	20.6	0.42**
Other	12.7	3.1

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

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