Family Medicine Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Journal
Primary Care Diabetes
URL with Digital Object Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2022.02.005
Abstract
Aims: Clinical inertia behaviour affects family physicians managing chronic disease such as diabetes. Literature addressing clinical inertia in the management of hypoglycemia is scarce. The objectives of this study were to create a measurement for physician clinical inertia in managing hypoglycemia (ClinInert_InHypoDM), and to determine physicians’ characteristics associated with clinical inertia. Methods: The study was a secondary analysis of data provided by family physicians from the InHypo-DM Study, applying exploratory factor analysis. Principal axis factoring with an Oblimin rotation was employed to detect underlying factors associated with physician behaviors. Multiple linear regression was used to determine association between the ClinInert_InHypoDM scores and physician characteristics. Results: Factor analysis identified a statistically sound 12-item one-factor scale for clinical inertia behavior. No statistically significant differences in clinical inertia score for the studied independent variables were found. Conclusions: This study provides a scale for assessing clinical inertia in the management of hypoglycemia. Further testing this scale in other family physician populations will provide deeper understanding about the characteristics and factors that influence clinical inertia. The knowledge derived from better understanding clinical inertia in primary care has potential to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes.
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Citation of this paper:
Caroline V.M. Rebicki, Bridget L. Ryan, Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, Paul F. Tremblay, Stewart B. Harris, Family Physician Clinical Inertia in Managing Hypoglycemia, Primary Care Diabetes, 2022, , ISSN 1751-9918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2022.02.005. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751991822000341)
Notes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2022.02.005