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Table 4 To what patients do the providers recommend the diabetes portal? Percentages of respondents

From: Diabetes care providers’ opinions and working methods after four years of experience with a diabetes patient web portal; a survey among health care providers in general practices and an outpatient clinic

 

N

Recommend

Neutral

Discourage

Patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus

115

78.3

20.9

0.9

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

125

60.8

39.2

0.0

Patients with good cardiometabolic control

126

65.9

34.1

0.0

Patients with poor cardiometabolic control

126

63.5

27.9

8.6

Patients who do not use diabetes-specific medication

126

28.6

63.5

7.9

Patients who use oral diabetes medication

127

51.2

45.7

3.1

Patients who use insulin

127

84.3

15.7

0.0

Patients without comorbidities

127

55.1

43.3

1.6

Patients with comorbidities

127

52.8

40.2

7.1

Patients without language barriers

126

69.0

30.5

0.0

Patients with language barriers

125

10.2

39.8

47.7

Patients with lower education

126

25.0

48.4

25.0

Patients with higher education

125

73.6

26.4

0.0

Patients < 65 years

127

72.4

27.6

0.0

Patients > 65 years

125

33.6

54.7

9.4