Patient Perspectives on Consistency of Medical Care With Recommended Care in Type 2 Diabetes

Medical records can be a flawed and impractical source of information on quality of care (5,6), while patient-based reports are independent of the practitioner and practice setting and provide a valuable assessment of the quality of care for chronic diseases from the patients' perspective (7). Adjusted ORs for diabetes control status (Table 1) showed that participants who reported meeting the recommended frequency of care for blood pressure measurement, foot examination, review of self-management, physical activity, and diabetes knowledge were significantly more likely to report well-controlled diabetes.