Table 4.

Internal consistency of 21 sub-scales of the CRCT analysed per subcomponent

Subcomponent	Items	Correlation with Total	Alpha(α) if deleted	α
Team structure and function	TeamFunction_1_1A	0.77	0.91	0.92
	TeamFunction_1_1B	0.85	0.89
	TeamFunction_1_1C	0.90	0.88
	TeamFunction_1_1D	0.74	0.91
	TeamFunction_1_1E	0.73	0.92
Clinical leadership	Leadership_1_2A	0.82	0.82	0.91
	Leadership_1_2B	0.82	0.82
	Leadership_1_2C	0.83	0.83
Appointments and scheduling	Appointments_1_3A	0.53	0.49	0.66
	Appointments_1_3B	0.52	0.52
	Appointments_1_3C	0.39	0.69
Care planning	CarePlanning_1_4A	0.80	-	0.89
	CarePlanning_1_4B	0.80	-
Systematic approach to follow-up	Followup_1_5A	0.65	0.68	0.77
	Followup_1_5B	0.61	0.69
	Followup_1_5C	0.63	0.68
	Followup_1_5D	0.45	0.80
Continuity of care	Continuity_1_6A	0.79	-	0.88
	Continuity_1_6B	0.79	-
Patient access	Access_1_7A	0.47		0.63
	Access_1_7B	0.47
Cultural competence/Knowledge	CulturalCompetence_1_8A	0.75	0.82	0.87
	CulturalCompetence_1_8B	0.75	0.82
	CulturalCompetence_1_8C	0.76	0.82
	CulturalCompetence_1_8D	0.64	0.86
Physical infrastructure	Infrastructure_1_9A	0.59	0.64	0.74
	Infrastructure_1_9B	0.50	0.73
	Infrastructure_1_9C	0.64	0.58
Diabetes registry	Registry_2_1A	0.84	-	0.91
	Registry_2_1B	0.84	-
Diabetes practice guidelines	EBG_2_2A	0.83	0.72	0.85
	EBG_2_2B	0.80	0.74
	EBG_2_2C	0.62	0.95
Self-management support	SM_3_1A	0.67	0.91	0.88
	SM_3_1B	0.83	0.78
	SM_3_1C	0.83	0.77
Self-management education	SM_3_2A	0.77	0.88	0.90
	SM_3_2B	0.81	0.87
	SM_3_2C	0.76	0.88
	SM_3_2D	0.81	0.87
Communication and cooperation	Communication_4_1A	0.84	0.88	0.91
	Communication_4_1B	0.73	0.89
	Communication_4_1C	0.83	0.88
	Communication_4_1D	0.66	0.91
	Communication_4_1E	0.83	0.88
	Communication_4_1F	0.61	0.91
Linking patients to community resources	LinkResources_4_2A	0.79	0.96	0.93
	LinkResources_4_2B	0.93	0.83
	LinkResources_4_2C	0.89	0.87
Community outreach	Outreach_4_3A	0.81	0.90	0.92
	Outreach_4_3B	0.82	0.88
	Outreach_4_3C	0.86	0.85
Planning and development	Planning_4_4A	0.78	0.74	0.85
	Planning_4_4B	0.69	0.83
	Planning_4_4C	0.71	0.81
Organizational commitment	OrgCommitment_5_1A	0.83	0.86	0.90
	OrgCommitment_5_1B	0.77	0.88
	OrgCommitment_5_1C	0.71	0.89
	OrgCommitment_5_1D	0.76	0.88
	OrgCommitment_5_1E	0.74	0.89
Quality improvement strategies	QI_5_2A	0.70	0.93	0.92
	QI_5_2B	0.82	0.89
	QI_5_2C	0.90	0.86
	QI_5_2D	0.84	0.88