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Table 2 Site and patient characteristics at baseline

From: Short- and long-term effects of a quality improvement collaborative on diabetes management

Site and patient characteristics at baseline

Intervention Group

Control Group

Site characteristics

  

Number of sites participating in QIC

7

0

Number of sites participating in evaluation study

6

9

   Number of hospitals

5

8

   Number of general practices

12

25

Number of patients

607

1254

Age in years (SD)

66 (12.1)

67 (11.2)

Gender, percentage of men

54.8

52.2

Years since diagnosis (SD)

13.5 (10.1)

13.3 (9.1)

Complications (in percentages)

  

History of: Foot ulcer

11.6

13.4

Cardiovascular disease

22.3

23.3

Stroke

6.5

8.1

Renal disease

5.9

5.5

Retinopathy

10.2

9.1

Patient characteristics (survey n = 1,630)

  
  1. *P = 0.01
  2. QIC = Quality improvement collaborative