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. 2021 Jan 25;14(5):555–567. doi: 10.1007/s40271-020-00491-y

Table 2.

Estimated effects of the intervention by arms and the incremental effect of incentivea (N = 240)

Source: Author calculations using the data collected from the study

Study arms Incremental effect of incentive
UC+ Incentive Estimate [95% CI]
Primary outcome
 Mean change in HbA1c at month 6 − 0.73 − 1.04 − 0.31 [− 0.67 to 0.06]
Secondary outcomes
 Mean no. of glucose readings within acceptable range (out of 3 tests) during the last week of intervention 0.16 0.48 0.32 [0.07 to 0.57]
 Mean no. of glucose readings (out of 3 tests) during the last week of intervention 0.73 1.12 0.40 [0.04 to 0.76]
 Mean no. of medication adherent days during the last week of intervention 0.97 1.69 0.72 [0.05 to 1.38]
 Mean no. of physically active days during the last week of intervention 1.24 2.35 1.12 [0.38 to 1.86]
Exploratory outcomes
 Proportion of participants who titrated up their oral medication during the intervention 0.35 0.39 0.04 [− 0.1 to 0.18]
 Proportion of participants who switched to insulin treatment during the intervention 0.09 0.05 − 0.04 [− 0.12 to 0.04]
 Mean change in EQ-5D-5L at month 6  0.01 0.01 0.002 [− 0.03 to 0.04]
 Mean change in overall BIPQ score at month 6 − 1.59 − 1.91 − 0.32 [− 3.02 to 2.38]
 Mean change in BIPQ Treatment Control score at month 6 − 0.31 0.31 0.62 [− 0.02 to 1.26]
 Mean change in SMBG score at month 6 0.49 0.50 0.01 [− 0.12 to 0.13]
 Mean change in BMQ Specific score at month 6 − 0.35 0.33 0.68 [− 0.59 to 1.94]
Additional outcomes
 Proportion of participants who had improvement in HbA1c at month 6 0.64 0.81 0.18 [0.04 to 0.31]

BIPQ Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire, BMQ Beliefs about Medication Questionnaire, CI confidence interval, EQ-5D-5L European Quality of Life–5 Dimensions–5 Levels, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, SMBQ Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose, UC + usual care plus

aCalculated as the difference in change from baseline at month 6 between intervention and control groups