Table 2.

Associations between patient reports of receiving recommended care and their experiences of diabetes care

	Communication with general practitioner	P value	Communication with nurses	P value	Diabetes‐specific communication	P value	Courtesy of other staff	P value	No language problems during consultation	P value	Coordination of care among providers	P value
Nutritional advice within last 12 months	0.001 ± 0.025	0.97	0.007 ± 0.017	0.69	0.110 ± 0.027	<0.001	−0.013 ± 0.024	0.58	−0.022 ± 0.043	0.60	0.030 ± 0.052	0.57
Physical activity advice within last 12 months	0.008 ± 0.025	0.76	0.049 ± 0.018	0.006	0.152 ± 0.027	<0.001	0.054 ± 0.024	0.02	0.150 ± 0.043	<0.001	0.094 ± 0.054	0.08
Asked if a smoker within last 12 months	0.067 ± 0.023	0.003	0.029 ± 0.017	0.08	0.169 ± 0.025	<0.001	0.072 ± 0.022	0.001	−0.002 ± 0.040	0.97	0.207 ± 0.050	<0.001
Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level checked within last 12 months	0.029 ± 0.056	0.60	0.108 ± 0.043	0.01	0.285 ± 0.063	<0.001	0.024 ± 0.055	0.65	0.078 ± 0.100	0.43	0.633 ± 0.127	<0.001
Cholesterol level checked within last 6 months	0.025 ± 0.025	0.31	0.028 ± 0.018	0.12	0.017 ± 0.028	0.55	0.025 ± 0.024	0.30	0.040 ± 0.044	0.36	0.024 ± 0.055	0.67
Urine test within last 6 months	0.057 ± 0.023	0.015	0.016 ± 0.017	0.358	0.062 ± 0.027	0.020	0.014 ± 0.023	0.55	−0.006 ± 0.042	0.88	0.042 ± 0.051	0.42
Foot examination within last 12 months	0.041 ± 0.026	0.111	0.116 ± 0.020	<0.001	0.282 ± 0.029	<0.001	0.050 ± 0.025	0.04	0.170 ± 0.045	<0.001	0.310 ± 0.058	<0.001
Eye examination within last 12 months	0.031 ± 0.024	0.19	0.034 ± 0.017	0.04	0.069 ± 0.027	0.009	0.040 ± 0.023	0.08	0.026 ± 0.042	0.54	0.184 ± 0.053	<0.001
Blood pressure check within last 12 months	0.007 ± 0.077	0.93	0.027 ± 0.063	0.68	0.258 ± 0.085	0.002	−0.125 ± 0.075	0.07	0.199 ± 0.142	0.17	0.162 ± 0.181	0.37

Data are regression coefficient ± SD unless otherwise indicated. Each outcome model was adjusted for age, sex, education, ethnicity, duration of diabetes and self‐rated general health.