Table 5 Respondents answer on the practice items
# | Item | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
1 | How often do you recommend glucose self-monitoring to newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients? | |
Never | 4 (1.3) | |
Only during specific circumstances (e.g., illness, medication changes) | 40 (13.3) | |
At every visit | 27 (9.0) | |
Several times a week | 36 (12.0) | |
Once a day | 75 (25.0) | |
More than one time a day | 118 (39.3) | |
2 | How frequently do you educate and coach your patients on proper glucose self-monitoring techniques? | |
Never | 17 (5.7) | |
At the time of diagnosis only | 41 (13.7) | |
During follow-up visits as needed | 162 (54.0) | |
Regularly during scheduled diabetes education sessions | 41 (13.7) | |
I refer patients to diabetes educators for this purpose | 39 (13.0) | |
3 | Do you give your patients particular goal glucose levels for self-monitoring (e.g., fasting, pre-meal, post-meal) to help their monitoring effort? | |
No, never | 7 (2.3) | |
No, not usually | 44 (14.7) | |
Yes, in specific cases | 129 (43.0) | |
Yes, always | 120 (40.0) | |
4 | During consultations, how frequently do you review your patients' glucose self-monitoring data? | |
Never | 4 (1.3) | |
Rarely | 26 (8.7) | |
Sometimes | 64 (21.3) | |
Often | 130 (43.3) | |
Always | 76 (25.3) | |
5 | How confident are you in interpreting glucose self-monitoring data and modifying treatment plans accordingly? | |
Not confident | 30 (10.0) | |
Somewhat confident | 88 (29.3) | |
Confident | 145 (48.3) | |
Very confident | 37 (12.3) | |
6 | Do you offer glucose- self monitoring training or instructional courses to your T2DM patients? | |
No | 126 (42.0) | |
Yes | 174 (58.0) | |
7 | How many of the patients diagnosed with diabetes at your facility have returned with diabetes-related complications? | |
I'm not sure/not appropriate | 36 (12.0) | |
No diabetic patients have returned with complications | 9 (3.0) | |
Less than 25% of diabetic individuals have returned with difficulties | 98 (32.7) | |
Between 25 and 50% of diabetic patients have returned with problems | 129 (43.0) | |
More than half of the diabetic individuals returned with difficulties | 28 (9.3) | |
8 | How would you assess the adherence of your diabetic patients to their prescribed treatment plans on average? | |
None of the patients adhere | 7 (2.3) | |
Low: Only a few patients continuously adhere to their treatment plans | 43 (14.3) | |
Moderate: Approximately half of the patients stick to their treatment plans | 131 (43.7) | |
High: The vast majority of patients follow their treatment plans | 105 (35.0) | |
Very high: Most patients adhere to their treatment plans religiously | 14 (4.7) | |
Practice score (%), Median [Q1, Q3] | 74.3 [62.9, 80.0] | |