Table 3.

Associations between patient reports of receiving recommended care and their global ratings of providers and overall diabetes care

	Global rating of general practitioner	P value	Global rating of nurses	P value	Global rating of overall diabetes care	P value
Nutritional advice within last 12 months	0.005 ± 0.064	0.94	0.045 ± 0.053	0.40	0.073 ± 0.061	0.24
Physical activity advice within last 12 months	0.047 ± 0.064	0.47	0.096 ± 0.055	0.08	0.209 ± 0.062	<0.001
Asked if a smoker within last 12 months	0.132 ± 0.059	0.03	0.084 ± 0.051	0.10	0.181 ± 0.057	0.001
Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level checked within last 12 months	0.362 ± 0.146	0.01	0.334 ± 0.134	0.01	1.002 ± 0.141	<0.001
Cholesterol level checked within last 6 months	0.185 ± 0.064	0.004	0.107 ± 0.055	0.05	0.092 ± 0.062	0.14
Urine test within last 6 months	0.086 ± 0.061	0.16	0.055 ± 0.053	0.30	0.065 ± 0.060	0.28
Foot examination within last 12 months	0.206 ± 0.067	0.002	0.340 ± 0.061	<0.001	0.581 ± 0.064	<0.001
Eye examination within last 12 months	0.091 ± 0.061	0.14	0.026 ± 0.053	0.63	0.129 ± 0.060	0.03
Blood pressure check within last 12 months	0.010 ± 0.198	0.96	0.267 ± 0.196	0.17	0.498 ± 0.190	0.009

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.