Alphabet Strategy for diabetes care: A multi-professional, evidence-based, outcome-directed approach to management

Table 1 Effect of the Alphabet Strategy on change in achievement of target care processes

	Alphabet strategy	Preimplementation	Post implementation	P value
A	Smoking (%)	18.2 (77)	15.7 (66)	NS
B	Blood pressure (mmHg)	146/82	140/76	< 0.0001
C	Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.7	4.9	< 0.0001
	HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.1	1.39	< 0.001
D	HbA1c (%)	7.9	8.3	< 0.0001
E	Eye examination (%)	85.0	95.5	< 0.001
F	Foot examination (%)	69.8	83.5	< 0.001
G	Aspirin (%)	29.0	83.5	< 0.001
	ACEI/ARB (%)	32.0	73.0	< 0.001
	Lipid lowering (%)	16.8	55.0	< 0.001

NS: Not significant.