Table 1.
Proportion of patients for whom diabetes management activities were recorded in the electronic patient and information recall system during the audit period, and corresponding values from the final years of other studies
| Study sites | National indigenous PHC § | DAHS 2008-09 ¶ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAHS | ACCHS-2 | ACCHS-3 | ACCHS-4 | All ACCHS | |||
| No. of patients included in the study | 156 | 76 | 87 | 29 | 348 | ||
| Proportion female | 66% | 79% | 57% | 55% | 66% | ||
| Median age | 55 | 52 | 46 | 55 | 52 | ||
| Age range | 22 - 88 | 25 - 88 | 19 - 82 | 30 - 87 | 19 - 88 | ||
| Blood pressure† | 80% | 80% | 84% | 55%* | 79% | 70-88 | 80% |
| HbA1c † | 71% | 82% | 59% | 28% | 66% | 56-74 | 74% |
| Weight† | 72% | 70% | 56%* | 48%* | 66% | 51-77 | 74% |
| Urine protein‡ | 53% | 49% | 52% | 28%* | 50% | 42-63 | |
| ACR‡ | 67% | 72% | 71% | 31%* | 66% | 46-65 | 81% |
| eGFR‡ | 94% | 89% | 87% | 48%* | 88% | 94% | |
| Cholesterol‡ | 79% | 76% | 71% | 38%* | 73% | 91% | |
| Liver function tests‡ | 92% | 87% | 83%* | 48%* | 85% | ||
| Full foot check‡ | 14% | 5%* | 5%* | 3% | 9% | 4-40 | |
| Retinal screen‡ | 35% | 26% | 24% | 0%* | 28% | 29-56 | |
| Diet and physical activity† | 33% | 22%* | 1%* | 0% | 20% | 19-56 | |
| Smoking assessment† | 48% | 28%* | 1%* | 7%* | 28% | 24-92 | 85% |
| GPMP‡ | 27% | 11%* | 15%* | 28% | 20% | ||
DAHS = Derby Aboriginal Health Service. PHC = primary health care. HbA1c = glycated haemoglobin. eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate. ACR = albumin creatinine ratio. GPMP = general practice management plans.
*Significant difference compared with DAHS p < 0.05.
§Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients treated in PHC settings [30, 34–36].
¶Final year of the “DAHS diabetes study” [28].
†Recorded from 1 Jan 2012 to 30 June 2012.
‡Recorded from 1July 2011 to 30 June 2012.