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Table 5 Quality of diabetes care

From: Quality and barriers of outpatient diabetes care in rural health facilities in Uganda – a mixed methods study

Dimension

measures

Overall

HC IVs

Hospitals

Foundations

Staff & training

58.3%

50%

75%

Basic technologies

85.7%

82.1%

92.9%

Diagnostics

79.2%

75%

87.5%

Essential medicines

72.2%

66.7%

83.4%

Process measures

Blood glucose

100%(377/377)

100%(377/377)

100%(377/377)

BP

100%(377/377)

100%(377/377)

100%(377/377)

Cholesterol

0%(0/377)

0%(0/377)

0%(0/377)

Urine Protein

6.4%(24/377)

22.2%(24/108)

0%(0/269)

Eye exam

9.0%(34/377)

23.1%(25/108)

3.4%(9/269)

Foot exam

8.8%(33/377)

20.4%(22/108)

4.1%(11/269)

Outcome measures

Glucose control

56.8%(214/377)

57.4%(62/108)

56.5%(152/269)

BP control

49.3%(186/377)

62%(67/108)

44.2%(119/269)

Chronic complications

84.4%(318/377)

63.9%(69/108)

92.6%(249/269)

Eye lesions

84.9%(270/318)

60.9%(42/69)

91.6%(228/249)

Peripheral neuropathy

77.0%(245/318)

79.7%(55/69)

76.3%(190/249)

Foot lesions

20.8%(66/318)

4.4%(3/69)

25.3%(63/249)