Research Article

The Effect of Diabetes Management Shared Care Clinic on Glycated Hemoglobin A1c Compliance and Self-Management Abilities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Comparison of HbA1c and HbA1c compliance before and after management of DMSCC.

BaselineAfter managementt value or χ2value value

HbA1c, % (mmol/mol)7.92 ± 1.95 (63 ± 2)6.94 ± 1.41 (52 ± 8)6.23c<0.0001
HbA1c compliance rate, %a42.74%69.35%25.56d<0.0001
HbA1c adverse rate, %b25.81%10.18%15.70d<0.0001

Note. aHbA1c compliance rate = number of patients with HbA1c meeting the control criteria (<65 years old: HbA1c < 7% (53 mmol/mol) or ≥65 years old: HbA1c < 7.5% (58 mmol/mol))/total number of patients × 100%. bHbA1c adverse rate = number of patients with poor HbA1c control (HbA1c > 9% (75 mmol/mol))/total number of patients × 100%. cThe t value after the paired-sample t-test. dThe χ2 value of Fisher’s exact probability test followed by paired chi-square test (McNemar’s test).