Table 2.
Differences in clinical outcomes at 3 and 6 months following “the ABC of diabetes” and “Conversation maps” classes
|
Outcome measure |
‘ABC’s’ of diabetes |
Conversation maps |
p
value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Mean ± SD) | (Mean ± SD) | ||||||
|
Clinical outcomes at 3 months | |||||||
| |
Pre-Class |
3 months |
Change |
Pre-Class |
3 months |
Change |
|
| HbA1c (%) |
7.8 ± 1.4 |
7.3 ± 0.7 |
-0.4 ± 0.8 |
7.7 ± 1.3 |
7.4 ± 0.9 |
-0.3 ± 0.8 |
0.815 |
| SBP (mmHg) |
130.6 ± 9.1 |
132.6 ± 10.4 |
2.0 ± 4.7 |
135.5 ± 8.3 |
135.3 ± 11.8 |
-0.2 ± 10.5 |
0.672 |
| DBP (mmHg) |
79.9 ± 7.8 |
79.9 ± 11.4 |
0.1 ± 5.8 |
79.6 ± 7.3 |
81.4 ± 9.0 |
1.8 ± 5.6 |
0.508 |
| Weight (kg) |
108.6 ± 54.0 |
106.6 ± 52.8 |
-2.0 ± 3.9 |
96.6 ± 19.3 |
94.6 ± 20.5 |
-2.0 ± 8.1 |
0.999 |
|
Clinical outcomes at 6 months | |||||||
| |
Pre-Class |
6 months |
Change |
Pre-Class |
6 months |
Change |
|
| HbA1c (%) |
7.1 ± 1.0 |
6.9 ± 0.9 |
-0.2 ± 0.3 |
7.8 ± 1.6 |
7.2 ± 0.7 |
-0.6 ± 1.2 |
0.322 |
| SBP (mmHg) |
131.0 ± 10.4 |
131.7 ± 13.6 |
-0.7 ± 10.3 |
134.1 ± 8.5 |
131.3 ± 7.4 |
-2.8 ± 12.6 |
0.546 |
| DBP (mmHg) |
79.1 ± 8.7 |
80.3 ± 9.6 |
1.2 ± 6.5 |
80.4 ± 7.2 |
78.8 ± 7.6 |
-2.0 ± 7.7 |
0.373 |
| Weight (kg) |
121.1 ± 50.0 |
118.5 ± 50.2 |
-2.6 ± 2.4 |
99.9 ± 42.8 |
99.1 ± 41.2 |
-0.8 ± 4.6 |
0.372 |
| LDL† (mmol/L) | 3.0 ± 1.4 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | -0.5 ± 1.2 | 2.2 ± 0.9 | 2.0 ± 0.6 | -0.3 ± 0.4 | 0.683 |
†Post-class mean for 1 year following intervention, due to low frequency of readings (as per guidelines).