Table 2. Patient and Physician Communication about A1C Goals and Insulin Use.
| Intervention (n=75) | Control (n=25) | P valueb | |||||
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| Patient and Physician Communication, %a | Pre | Post | P value | Pre | Post | P value | |
| Patients who stated they knew their A1C goalc | 35 | 65 | <0.001 | 36 | 60 | .09 | 0.64 |
| Patients with physician reporting that patient knows his/her A1C goal | 32 | 81 | .004 | 52 | 60 | 0.89 | 0.09 |
| Patients reporting an A1C discussion at visit | -- | 77 | -- | -- | 64 | -- | 0.24 |
| Patients with a physician reporting an A1C discussion at visit | -- | 91 | -- | -- | 76 | -- | 0.19 |
| Patients stated they knew their A1C goal when the physician also stated their patient knew their A1C goal | 17 | 59 | <0.001 | 20 | 36 | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Physicians who said insulin would be considered for patient in the future | 77 | 71 | 0.28 | 96 | 88 | 0.30 | 0.52 |
a
Values reported are the percentage of patients, unless otherwise stated in the table.
b
All reported P values are from generalized linear mixed models that account for clustering by physician. For the analysis of the intervention effect over time, P values were estimated for the interaction between groups and assessment time.
c
Patients stated whether they knew their A1C goal or not (binary). All of these individuals were also asked to state a numeric A1C goal value (those results are not shown).