Table 3.

Patient and clinician response to hypoglycaemia events among encounters with documented hypoglycemia.^a

	Primary Care	Endocrinology	p-value
Patients with identified hypoglycemia episodes	23 (13.5)	50 (32.1)
Patient response to the episode
Self-administered carbohydrates	10 (43.5)	8 (16)	0.03
Glucagon	0 (0)	1 (2)
Emergency medical service called	1 (4.3)	0 (0.0)
Hospitalization	0 (0)	3 (6)
Not assessed	12 (52.2)	38 (76)
Clinician education and management response
Patients with previous diabetes education	15 (65.2)	18 (36)	0.02
In patients with previous diabetes education, time since last education
less to 1 year	11 (73.3)	5 (27.8)	0.009
1 to 5 years	4 (26.7)	13 (72.2)
Clinician provided education about hypoglycemia	8 (34.8)	21 (42)	0.55
During the encounter	8 (100)	12 (57.1)	0.08
Outside of the encounter	0 (0)	6 (28.6)
Both during and outside of the encounter	0 (0)	3 (14.3)
Not reported	15 (65.2)	29 (58)
Content of diabetes education
Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia	0 (0)	1 (2)	0.51
Signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia, Diet and exercise counseling	1 (4.3)	1 (2)
Diet, exercise, and medication counseling	0 (0)	1 (2)
Exercise counseling	0 (0)	1 (2)
Medication counseling	2 (8.7)	8 (16)
Not specified	1 (4.3)	1 (2)
DSMES referrals
Dietitian	4 (17.4)	4 (8)
Diabetes educator	0 (0)	4 (8)
Changes in the treatment regimen	8 (34.8)	36 (72)	0.003
Type of treatment change
Same risk, different medication	1 (4.3)	5 (10)	0.31
De-Intensified	7 (30.4)	23 (46)
Intensified	0 (0)	8 (16)
Glucagon was prescribed	2 (8.7)	2 (4)	0.41
Glucose was prescribed	3 (13)	2 (4)	0.15

DSMES diabetes self-management education and support

^aValues are numbers (percentages) unless otherwise stated.