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. 2016 Jul 22;8:41. doi: 10.1186/s13098-016-0157-1

Table 3.

Self-reported outcomes by region and country

All Mosaic cohort LA Non-LA countries p Argentina Brazil México p
Diabetes knowledge, mean (SD) 4.80 (2.26) 4.16 (2.23) 4.89 (2.19) <0.0001 4.72 (2.30) 3.88 (1.91) 3.93 (2.10) 0.0002
DDS total, mean (SD) 2.27 (1.14) 2.49 (1.32) 2.24 (1.11) <0.0001 2.17 (1.19) 3.14 (1.36) 2.26 (1.21) <0.0001
Self-care activities
 Self-monitoring, mean (SD) 3.60 (2.62) 3.70 (2.68) 3.58 (2.64) 0.3238 4.89 (2.52) 3.30 (2.64) 3.09 (2.52) <0.0001
 General diet, mean (SD) 4.44 (2.24) 4.57 (2.21) 4.42 (2.24 0.1576 4.86 (2.02) 3.89 (2.49) 4.85 (2.11) <0.0001
 Exercise mean (SD) 2.86 (2.44) 2.42 (2.40) 2.92 (2.43) <0.0001 2.14 (2.32) 1.93 (2.35) 3.01 (2.37) <0.0001
Adherence (does not miss shots), n (%) 3290 (75.8 %) 398 (76.4 %) 2892 (75.7 %) 0.7793 134 (83.8 %) 104 (67.1 %) 160 (77.7 %) 0.0622
Willingness to add additional injection, n (%) 2383 (54.9 %) 351 (67.4 %) 2032 (53.2 %) <0.0001 99 (61.9 %) 107 (69.0 %) 145 (70.4 %) 0.1973
Not fill in insulin prescription due to cost, n (%) 460 (10.6 %) 53 (10.2 %) 407 (10.7 %) 0.5832 6 (3.8 %) 14 (9.0 %) 33 (16.0 %) 0.0004
IPC
 Hurried communication, mean (SD) 1.57 (0.70) 1.53 (0.77) 1.58 (0.69) 0.1184 1.25 (0.42) 1.69 (0.80) 1.62 (0.88) <0.0001
 Elicited concerns, mean (SD) 3.92 (1.05) 3.73 (1.18) 3.95 (1.03) <0.0001 4.15 (0.91) 3.51 (1.17) 3.56 (1.25) <0.0001
 Explained results-medications, mean (SD) 3.92 (1.02) 4.03 (1.04) 3.91 (1.01) 0.0110 4.41 (0.68) 3.84 (1.07) 3.87 (1.17) <0.0001
 Patient-centered decision making, mean (SD) 3.37 (1.22) 3.30 (1.35) 3.37 (1.20) 0.2293 3.74 (1.15) 2.87 (1.20) 3.29 (1.47) <0.0001
 Compassionate, respectful, mean (SD) 4.10 (0.89) 4.16 (0.97) 4.10 (0.87) 0.1189 4.53 (0.61) 4.12 (0.99) 3.90 (1.11) <0.0001
 Discriminated, mean (SD) 1.50 (0.73) 1.43 (0.67) 1.51 (0.73) 0.0123 1.45 (0.69) 1.37 (0.68) 1.46 (0.66) 0.4117

DDS Diabetes Distress Scale, IPC Interpersonal Processes of Care, LA Latin America