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Table 4 Patient reported outcomes (SF-36, PACIC and PHQ-9) and association with HbA1c

From: Characteristics of poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes patients in Swiss primary care

 

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Association with HbA1c1)

Coefficient

P-value

SF-36

   

 Physical functioning

71.3 ± 26.2

0.003

0.961 a)

 Physical role

64.8 ± 41.7

-0.056

0.326 a)

 Bodily pain

67.8 ± 29.7

-0.006

0.921 a)

 General health

61.0 ± 18.1

-0.063

0.271 a)

 Vitality

57.3 ± 21.5

-0.105

0.065 a)

 Social functioning

79.7 ± 23.8

-0.040

0.483 a)

 Emotional role

75.6 ± 39.2

-0.068

0.231 a)

 Mental health

73.1 ± 19.7

-0.055

0.337 a)

 Physical component summary scale (PCS)

43.9 ± 10.9

-0.020

0.723 a)

 Mental component summary scale (MCS)

50.1 ± 11.3

-0.090

0.117 a)

PACIC summary score

3.18 ± 0.85

-0.041

0.491 a)

 Patient activation

3.83 ± 1.13

-0.037

0.520 a)

 Delivery system/practice design

3.87 ± 0.82

-0.019

0.749 a)

 Goal setting/tailoring

2.86 ± 0.98

-0.066

0.262 a)

 Problem solving/contextual

3.26 ± 1.22

-0.060

0.306 a)

 Follow-up/coordination

2.66 ± 1.05

0.031

0.605 a)

PHQ-9 summary score

5.21 ± 4.76

0.043

0.457 a)

 Major Depression overall (10-27)

49 (16.2%)

 

0.705 b)

 No depressive disorder (0-4)

169 (56%)

 

0.255 b)

 Light depressive disorder (5-9)

84 (27.8%)

 

0.342 b)

 Moderate depressive disorder (10-14)

35 (11.6%)

 

0.953 b)

 Severe depressive disorder (15-19)

8 (2.6%)

 

0.525 b)

 Most severe depressive disorder (20-27)

6 (2%)

 

0.895 b)

  1. 1) a) Associations HbA1c with continuous variables by Pearson correlations, b) between HbA1c and categorical variables by t-tests.