Table 2 The management services for T2DM delivered by health professionals with different personal characteristics
From: Study on the determinants of health professionals’ performance on diabetes management care in China
Item | Screening (%) | Diagnosis (%) | Regular treatment (%) | Diet/exercise guidance (%) | Follow-up visit (%) | Complication examination (%) | Referral (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||||
Male | 81.2(134/165) | 73.9(122/165) | 73.3(121/165) | 83.6(138/165) | 81.8(135/165) | 61.2(101/165) | 79.1(129/163) |
Female | 75.4(181/240) | 60.3(144/239) | 64.9(155/239) | 82.0(196/239) | 81.4(193/237) | 55.5(132/238) | 69.3(165/238) |
χ2 / P | 1.900/0.168 | 8.132/0.004 | 3.243/0.072 | 0.181/0.671 | 0.010/0.922 | 1.321/0.250 | 4.762/0.029 |
specialty | |||||||
Western medicine | 85.4(193/226) | 74.3(168/226) | 78.8(178/226) | 85.8(194/226) | 83.9(188/224) | 65.3(147/225) | 80.8(181/224) |
Traditional Chinese Medicine | 82.4(56/68) | 77.9(53/68) | 79.4(54/68) | 88.2(60/68) | 80.9(55/68) | 64.7(44/68) | 85.3(58/68) |
Combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and western medicine | 87.9(29/33) | 90.9(30/33) | 81.8(27/33) | 90.9(30/33) | 90.9(30/33) | 78.8(26/33) | 90.9(30/33) |
Preventive medicine | 36.2(21/58) | 17.2(10/58) | 13.8(8/58) | 62.1(36/58) | 69.0(40/58) | 13.8(8/58) | 19.0(11/58) |
Others* | 81.0(17/21) | 25.0(5/20) | 45.0(9/20) | 75.0(15/20) | 80.0(16/20) | 45.0(9/20) | 78.9(15/19) |
χ2 / P | 68.599/0.000 | 96.419/0.000 | 102.424/0.000 | 22.669/0.000 | 8.951/0.062 | 59.962/0.000 | 104.678/0.000 |
Degree | |||||||
Master’s degree or above | 81.8(36/44) | 79.5(35/44) | 79.5(35/44) | 90.9(40/44) | 93.0(40/43) | 67.4(29/43) | 86.0(37/43) |
Bachelor’s degree | 77.7(223/287) | 64.3(184/286) | 68.2(195/286) | 82.5(236/286) | 81.1(231/285) | 58.7(168/286) | 73.0(208/285) |
Associate’s degree or below | 76.0(57/75) | 62.7(47/75) | 61.3(46/75) | 78.7(59/75) | 77.3(58/75) | 49.3(37/75) | 67.6(50/74) |
χ2 / P | 0.554/0.758 | 4.284/0.117 | 4.238/0.120 | 2.934/0.231 | 4.711/0.095 | 3.948/0.139 | 4.835/0.089 |
Qualification | |||||||
Practicing physician | 74.8(208/278) | 62.1(172/277) | 64.3(178/277) | 80.1(222/277) | 81.1(223/275) | 55.4(153/276) | 68.5(189/276) |
Assistant practicing physician | 86.8(46/53) | 64.2(34/53) | 71.7(38/53) | 86.8(46/53) | 81.1(43/53) | 56.6(30/53) | 80.4(41/51) |
Practicing/Assistant physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine | 82.7(62/75) | 80.0(60/75) | 80.0(60/75) | 89.3(67/75) | 84.0(63/75) | 68.0(51/75) | 86.7(65/75) |
χ2 / P | 4.944/0.145 | 8.458/0.015 | 7.090/0.029 | 4.195/0.123 | 0.343/0.842 | 3.864/0.145 | 11.458/0.003 |
Professional title | |||||||
Vice-senior and above | 76.9(40/52) | 67.3(35/52) | 73.1(38/52) | 84.6(44/52) | 80.4(41/51) | 64.7(33/51) | 74.5(38/51) |
Intermediate | 80.1(146/181) | 69.4(125/180) | 71.7(129/180) | 85.6(154/180) | 85.5(153/179) | 62.8(113/180) | 76.1(137/180) |
Beginner | 74.5(123/165) | 61.2(101/165) | 63.6(105/165) | 78.8(130/165) | 77.0(127/165) | 51.5(85/165) | 70.6(115/163) |
Others** | 85.7(6/7) | 71.4(5/7) | 57.1(4/7) | 85.7(6/7) | 100.0(7/7) | 42.9(3/7) | 71.4(5/7) |
χ2 / P | 2.146/0.543 | 2.758/0.430 | 3.551/0.314 | 2.965/0.397 | 5.772/0.123 | 6.138/0.105 | 1.401/0.705 |