Table 4 Diabetes healthcare essentials received
From: Barriers to effective diabetes management – a survey of people with severe mental illness
Current study | Diabetes UK survey | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Over the past 12 months, in general has the overall quality of diabetes care that you receive: | ||||
Improved | 18 | 23.4 | 709 | 10.6 |
Stayed the same | 41 | 53.2 | 4776 | 71.3 |
Worsened | 11 | 14.3 | 851 | 12.7 |
I don’t know | 7 | 9.1 | 366 | 5.5 |
In the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had an HbA1c blood test carried out, to measure your overall blood glucose control? | ||||
Yes | 56 | 72.7 | 6319 | 94.2 |
No | 7 | 9.1 | 389 | 5.8 |
Don’t know | 14 | 18.2 | ||
In the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had your blood pressure measured? | ||||
Yes | 66 | 85.7 | 6225 | 92.8 |
No | 5 | 6.5 | 480 | 7.2 |
Don’t know | 6 | 7.8 | ||
In the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had your blood fats (cholesterol) measured? | ||||
Yes | 53 | 68.8 | 5730 | 85.8 |
No | 12 | 15.6 | 945 | 14.2 |
Don’t know | 12 | 15.6 | ||
Your eyes should be screened for retinopathy each year, using a specialised digital camera. In the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had your eyes looked at? | ||||
Yes | 64 | 83.1 | 6271 | 93.4 |
No | 13 | 16.9 | 446 | 6.6 |
In the last year or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had your legs and feet checked? | ||||
Yes | 50 | 64.9 | 5131 | 76.4 |
No | 25 | 32.5 | 1587 | 23.6 |
Don’t know | 2 | 2.6 | ||
In the past year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had a urine or blood test to monitor your kidney function? | ||||
Yes | 50 | 64.9 | 5163 | 78.6 |
No | 19 | 24.7 | 791 | 12.0 |
Don’t know | 8 | 10.4 | 616 | 9.4 |
In the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had your weight checked and your waist measured? | ||||
Yes | 52 | 67.5 | 4549 | 69.5 |
No | 22 | 28.6 | 2000 | 30.5 |
Don’t know | 3 | 3.9 | ||
If you are a smoker, in the last year, or as part of your most recent annual review, have you had support and advice on how to quit? | ||||
Yes | 23 | 62.2 | 366 | 56.5 |
No | 11 | 29.7 | 282 | 43.5 |
Don’t know | 3 | 8.1 | ||
Don’t smoke | 40 | 5904 | ||
Have you developed a care plan with your healthcare professional, which has been decided by discussing your individual needs with them to set targets? | ||||
Yes | 22 | 28.6 | 2339 | 35.9 |
No | 55 | 71.4 | 4184 | 64.1 |
Have you ever been offered an education course about diabetes, either when you were first diagnosed or later on? | ||||
Yes | 50 | 64.9 | 3676 | 56.2 |
No | 27 | 35.1 | 2867 | 43.8 |
Don’t know | 65 | 13.7 | ||
If you have had to go into hospital, for whatever reason, has somebody from a diabetes specialist team come to see you about your diabetes while you were there? | ||||
Yes | 14 | 20.3 | 803 | 30.4 |
No | 55 | 79.7 | 1835 | 69.6 |
Not applicable | 8 | 3667 | ||
If you are planning a pregnancy, or you are pregnant, have you been offered specialist healthcare advice before and during your pregnancy? | ||||
Yes | 4 | 40.0 | 158 | 60.1 |
No | 6 | 60.0 | 105 | 39.9 |
Not applicable | 67 | 3667 | ||
Do you think that, when the need arises, you are referred to the care of specialists who can help you with different aspects of your diabetes? | ||||
Yes | 53 | 68.8 | 4294 | 69.4 |
No | 24 | 31.2 | 1894 | 30.6 |
If you have needed it, have you been offered emotional or psychological support from a specialist healthcare professional or service? | ||||
Yes | 31 | 40.3 | 723 | 24.1 |
No | 46 | 59.7 | 2277 | 75.9 |
Not applicable | 3293 | |||