Table 1.
Health care professionals’ status and clinical practice information.
| Health care professional information | Russia (n=50) | India (n=50) | China (n=50) | United States (n=30) | Total (N=180) | |
| Profession, n (%) |
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Endocrinologist | 30 (60) | 30 (60) | 30 (60) | 15 (50) | 105 (58) |
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Primary care physician | 8 (16) | 8 (16) | 8 (16) | 10 (33) | 34 (19) |
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Diabetes educator | 7 (14) | 7 (14) | 6 (12) | 5 (17) | 25 (14) |
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Pharmacista | 5 (10) | 5 (10) | 6 (12) | — | 16 (9) |
| Gender (male), n (%) |
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Endocrinologist | 2 (7) | 22 (73) | 12 (40) | 9 (60) | 45 (43) |
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Primary care physician | 4 (50) | 4 (50) | 6 (75) | 7 (70) | 21 (62) |
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Diabetes educator | 0 (0) | 3 (43) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | 4 (16) |
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Pharmacista | 2 (40) | 5 (100) | 4 (67) | — | 11 (69) |
| Age (years), mean (SD b ) |
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Endocrinologist | 41 (10) | 42 (4) | 39 (6) | 47 (11) | 41 (8) |
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Primary care physician | 38 (7) | 43 (4) | 36 (8) | 47 (9) | 41 (8) |
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Diabetes educator | 33 (7) | 37 (5) | 42 (12) | 40 (9) | 37 (9) |
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Pharmacista | 34 (8) | 39 (3) | 35 (3) | — | 36 (5) |
| Years in current role, mean (SD) |
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Endocrinologist | 14 (9) | 12 (3) | 14 (7) | 16 (8) | 13 (7) |
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Primary care physician | 12 (7) | 14 (4) | 13 (7) | 17 (8) | 14 (7) |
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Diabetes educator | 11 (7) | 10 (2) | 18 (6) | 14 (10) | 13 (7) |
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Pharmacista | 11 (9) | 10 (2) | 7 (3) | — | 10 (5) |
| Patients with diabetes, T1D%/T2D% c |
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Endocrinologist | 18/82 | 30/70 | 8/92 | 28/72 | 20/80 |
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Primary care physician | 21/79 | 32/68 | 6/94 | 14/86 | 18/82 |
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Diabetes educator | 46/54 | 27/73 | 18/82 | 34/66 | 32/69 |
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Pharmacista | 34/66 | 21/79 | 16/84 | — | 23/77 |
| Patient therapy, % c |
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Medications and insulin | 25 | 33 | 35 | 33 | 31 |
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Insulin only | 29 | 23 | 15 | 25 | 23 |
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Medications only | 40 | 28 | 41 | 35 | 36 |
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Not on any medications/insulin | 5 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 |
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Other (eg, lifestyle) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
a Pharmacists were not recruited as part of the US cohort of HCPs.
bSD: standard deviation
cPercentages shown are estimates given by the HCPs.