Proportion of Brazilian diabetes patients that achieve treatment goals: implications for better quality of care

Table 3 Frequencies of requests, prescriptions, and educational actions as process measures and outcomes indicators for patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus

	n	T1DM + T2DM (%)	n	T1DM (%)	n	T2DM (%)	p value
Foot examination	618	59.9	227	75.9	391	53.4	0.00*
Funduscopy	445	43.2	164	54.8	451	38.4	0.00*
Microalbuminuria	942	91.4	266	89.0	676	92.3	0,08*
Nutritional education	457	44.3	109	36.5	348	47.5	0.00*
Physical education	266	25.8	60	20.1	206	28.1	0.00*
Smoking cessation education	14	1.4	4	1.3	10	1.4	1.00**
Glucose self-monitoring	637	61.8	247	82.6	390	53.3	0.00*
ACE or ARA2 inhibitor prescription	677	65.66	123	41.13	554	75.7	0.00**
Aspirin prescription	525	50.9	60	20.1	465	63.5	0.00*

T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, ACE angiotensin-converting enzyme
* χ ² test
** Fisher’s exact test

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