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. 2017 May 1;12(5):e0176135. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176135

Table 3. Patient responses by survey domain.

HbA1c ≥ 10% HbA1c 7–8% p-value
Health care experience
Regular family doctor/usual place of primary care 785 (97.5) 398 (98.3) 0.40
Continuity with primary care physician 713 (89.8) 372 (93.0) 0.07
# of visits with family doctor in last 12 months 0.001
0 30 (3.7) 23 (5.7)
1 49 (6.1) 42 (10.4)
2–6 559 (69.7) 276 (68.3)
>6 164 (20.5) 63 (15.6)
Use of allied health care in past 12 months 624 (77.5) 281 (69.6) 0.003
Referred to a specialist for diabetes 379 (47.3) 146 (36.1) <0.001
Specialist care in past 12 months (if referred, n = 525) 270 (71.2) 111 (76.0) 0.27
Contact with diabetes clinic in past 12 months 167 (20.8) 62 (15.4) 0.023
Use of community programs past 12 months 143 (17.8) 60 (14.9) 0.20
Unmet health care need in last 12 months 75 (9.6%) 19 (4.8%) 0.005
Suboptimal provider communication 137 (17.8) 64 (16.4) 0.53
Suboptimal coordination of care 143 (20.1) 48 (14.2) 0.02
Self-management
Patient activation
Not confident can follow through 32 (4.0) 5 (1.2) 0.008
Don’t know how to prevent further problems 84 (10.6) 27 (6.9) 0.038
Motivated to do a better job managing diabetes 0.001
Strongly agree/agree 596 (74.5) 270 (67.0)
Disagree/strongly disagree 46 (5.8) 16 (4.0)
N/A (already doing a good job) 158 (19.8) 117 (29.0)
Lacking confidence in filling out medical forms 312 (39.8) 142 (36.1) 0.22
Not enough information re managing diabetes 143 (18.0) 66 (16.4) 0.49
Enough social support re diabetes 0.01
Always/often 455 (59.9) 252 (67.4)
Sometimes 108 (14.2) 47 (12.6)
Rarely/never 197 (25.9) 75 (20.0)
Financial barriers
No drug insurance 108 (13.4) 36 (8.9) 0.02
Difficulty paying for drugs/equip/services (always/often/sometimes) 233 (29.4) 95 (23.6) 0.03
Did not get needed treatments because of cost (always/often/sometimes) 119 (15.0) 36 (9.0) 0.003
Unable to afford healthy foods (always/often/sometimes) 164 (20.8) 56 (14.1) 0.005