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 |