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. 2020 May 22;6:71. doi: 10.1186/s40814-020-00606-0

Table 4.

Agreement between primary care and patient questionnaire data (n = 356)

Characteristic N Mean difference 95% Limits of agreement
Age, years 352 0.32 − 2.17, 2.81
HbA1c, mmol/mol 40 − 0.66 − 11.33, 10.00
Characteristic Categories N(%) agree N(%) disagree % Agreement
Sex Male 212 (99.5) 1 (0.5)
Female 142 (100.0) 0 (0.0) 99.7
Ethnicity White 256 (93.8) 17 (6.2)
South Asian 13 (81.3) 3 (18.7)
Black 5 (83.3) 1 (16.7)
Other 1 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 92.6
HbA1c measured in the last 12 months Yes 323 (97.9) 7 (2.1)
No 9 (81.8) 2 (18.2) 94.7
HbA1c result, mmol/mol ≤ 53 (≤ 7%) 108 (93.1) 8 (6.9)
54–69 (7.1–8.5%) 43 (61.4) 27 (38.6)
70–86 (8.6–10.0%) 5 (33.3) 10 (66.7)
≥ 87 (≥ 10.1%) 2 (28.6) 5 (71.4) 76.0
Diabetes management Diet and lifestyle 71 (88.9) 9 (11.3)
DPP-IV 5 (71.4) 2 (28.6)
GLP-I 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Insulin 15 (75.0) 5 (25.0)
Metformin 118 (96.7) 4 (3.3)
SGLT-2 1 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Sulphonylurea 8 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
Multiple diabetes medications 3 (2.9) 101 (97.1)
Other 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 55.9
SSME referral No 101 (76.5) 31 (23.5)
Yes 111 (54.2) 94 (45.9) 59.6
Date of SSME referral ≤ 1 year 26 (76.5) 8 (23.5)
> 1 year 67 (91.8) 6 (8.2) 86.9
SSME attendance No 169 (96.6) 6 (3.4)
Yes 78 (46.4) 90 (54.6) 72.0
Date of SSME attendance ≤ 1 year 13 (100.0) 0 (0.0)
> 1 year 37 (82.2) 8 (17.8) 86.2

SSME structured self-management education