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. 2021 Jan 18;9(1):e001557. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001557

Table 2.

Gap in care events per admission

Variable Alerts on
n=2472
admissions
Alerts off
n=2489 admissions
OR
(on vs off)
Unadjusted
p value
Adjusted
p value
All gap in care events
 Total events across all admissions 7707 8326
 Number of events per admission 3.12±2.93 3.35±3.24 0.97 (0.92 to 1.03) 0.347 0.438
Events of hyperglycemia in subjects with diabetes
 Total events across all admissions 3342 3701
 Admissions with at least one event 1586 (64.2) 1666 (66.9) 0.88 (0.79 to 0.98) 0.023 0.05
 Number of events per admission 1.35±1.65 1.49±1.86 0.94 (0.87 to 1.02) 0.12 0.179
Events of stress hyperglycemia
 Total events across all admissions 288 506
 Admissions with at least one event 185 (7.5) 310 (12.5) 0.60 (0.51 to 0.72) <0.001 <0.001
 Number of events per admission 0.12±0.58 0.20±0.70 0.59 (0.46 to 0.76) <0.001 <0.001
Events of hypoglycemia or impending hypoglycemia
 Total events across all admissions 1548 1349
 Admissions with at least one event 910 (36.8) 826 (33.2) 1.15 (1.02 to 1.29) 0.023 0.05
 Number of events per admission 0.63±1.08 0.54±1.04 1.22 (1.07 to 1.40) 0.003 0.010
Events of inappropriate insulin use as sliding scale monotherapy in patients with type 1 diabetes
 Total events across all admissions 10 22
 Admissions with at least one event 6 (0.2) 16 (0.6) 0.36 (0.13 to 0.97) 0.044 0.073
 Number of events per admission 0.0±0.09 0.01±0.12 0.12 (0.02 to 0.63) 0.012 0.035
Events of inappropriate insulin use as sliding scale monotherapy in patients with type 2 diabetes
 Total events across all admissions 2519 2748
 Admissions with at least one alert 1069 (43.2) 1096 (44.0) 0.97 (0.87 to 1.08) 0.59 0.632
 Number of events per admission 1.02±1.72 1.10±1.88 0.96 (0.87 to 1.05) 0.38 0.438
Events of Inappropriate insulin use as sliding scale monotherapy in patients with stress hyperglycemia
 Total events across all admissions 1617 1488
 Admissions with at least one event 695 (28.1) 575 (23.1) 1.30 (1.16 to 1.46) <0.001 <0.001
 Number of events per admission 0.65±1.47 0.60±1.55 1.16 (1.02 to 1.33) 0.027 0.05
Events of hypoglycemia events following the first non-hypoglycemia event
 Total events across all admissions 668 619
 Number of events per admission 1.69±1.08 1.70±1.19 1.02 (0.86 to 1.21) 0.846 0.846
Events of hypoglycemia events following the first hypoglycemia event
 Total events across all admissions 638 523
 Number of events per admission 1.78±1.23 1.87±1.40 1.09 (0.91 1.30) 0.361 0.438

N(%); Effect size = Odds Ratio from binomial generalized estimating equations (GEE) model.

Mean± SD; Effect size=Incidence Rate Ratio from Poisson generalized estimating equations (GEE) model.

IRR, incidence rate ratio.