Table 4.

Changes in diabetes measures among Hispanic adults before and since the COVID-19 pandemic

	Pre-COVID, Mean (SD)	COVID-19, Mean (SD)	P-value
Diabetes Self Care Behaviors, days in the past 7 days with:
Five or more servings of fruits, vegetables	4.1 (2.4)	3.9 (2.4)	0.65
High fat foods like red meat, fried food, cheese	3.0 (2.0)	2.6 (1.7)	0.12
30 minutes of continuous physical activity	4.3 (2.6)	3.6 (2.7)	0.06
Test blood sugar†	5.6 (2.5)	5.0 (2.7)	0.20
Diabetes medication adherence	6.6 (1.3)	6.5 (1.7)	0.56
Diabetes self-efficacy	7.5 (1.9)*	8.0 (1.6)	0.003
Diabetes social support	2.7 (1.2)	2.5 (1.4)	0.34
Diabetes-related quality of life	2.9 (1.0)*	3.4 (0.8)	P < 0.001
Satisfaction with current diabetes treatment plan	3.4 (1.0)	3.6 (0.9)	0.07
Physical well-being over the last week	2.8 (1.2)*	3.3 (1.1)	0.006
Emotional well-being over the last week	2.6 (1.5)*	3.2 (1.2)	0.006
Diabetes-related health care visits (outpatient)
All providers‡	2.4 (1.2)*	1.8 (1.4)	P < 0.001
Visits with primary care provider (MD, DO, NP, PA)	1.0 (0.0)*	0.8 (0.4)	P < 0.001
Visits with behavioral health provider	0.3 (0.5)*	0.2 (0.4)	0.01
Smoked any cigarettes in the past 7 days, yes/no	16.9%	10.4%	0.06

^*Indicates pairwise difference of p<0.05 between pre-COVID/COVID

^†This item was asked only to the 72 people who reported access to a glucometer.

^‡All providers included: Primary care provider, Endocrinology provider, Dietician, Diabetes Educator, Diabetes Education Class, Behavioral Health, Clinical Pharmacy, Other diabetes-related visits. Only provider types with significant difference pre-COVID/COVID are reported.