Means (SDs) and percentage agreement for each belief statement
Domain | Mean | SD | n | Agreement (%) |
‘Thinking about your role in providing and/or supporting diabetic retinopathy screening for young adults with diabetes (aged 18–34 years), please rate your agreement with the following statements:’ | ||||
Knowledge | ||||
‘The guidelines and recommendations around DRS for people with diabetes in the UK are clear’ | 2.23 | 1.02 | 139 | 66.9 |
‘The standards around DRS for people with diabetes in the UK are clear’ | 2.07 | 1.09 | 139 | 71.2 |
‘I am aware of attendance patterns in young adults in my DESP' | 1.87 | 0.82 | 139 | 82.0 |
‘I am aware of a patient’s current diabetes self-management (ie, Hba1c)’ | 3.23 | 1.31 | 140 | 34.3 |
‘It would be helpful to know how patients are currently managing their diabetes’* | 4.30 | 0.81 | 139 | 85.6 |
Skills | ||||
‘There is sufficient education available about DRS for professionals working within the DESP’ | 2.18 | 1.10 | 140 | 71.4 |
‘There is sufficient training available about DRS for professionals working within the DESP’ | 2.06 | 1.10 | 139 | 74.8 |
Social/professional role and identity | ||||
‘The DESP has a role to play in encouraging attendance among young adults’ | 1.40 | 0.63 | 140 | 96.4 |
‘The roles and responsibilities of different healthcare professionals involved in caring for people with diabetes is clear’ | 2.65 | 1.05 | 140 | 51.4 |
‘It is the responsibility of other healthcare professionals to encourage attendance in young adults with diabetes'* | 3.50 | 1.11 | 140 | 53.6 |
‘DESP staff should play more of a role in discussing screening results with patients’ | 2.14 | 1.10 | 140 | 70.0 |
‘I would like the ability to refer patients to additional support for their diabetes’* | 4.50 | 0.67 | 139 | 91.4 |
Optimism | ||||
‘There is more we can do to try and increase attendance in young adults’ | 1.54 | 0.71 | 140 | 90.0 |
Beliefs about capabilities | ||||
‘It is easy to discuss DRS with young adults’ | 2.69 | 1.12 | 137 | 46.0 |
Beliefs about consequences | ||||
‘Improving attendance in young adults will help reduce vision loss’ | 1.08 | 0.30 | 140 | 99.3 |
Reinforcement | ||||
‘I am encouraged to try to increase attendance in young adults’ | 2.24 | 1.04 | 140 | 63.6 |
Intention | ||||
‘My screening service has plans in place to try and encourage attendance among young adults’ | 2.47 | 1.07 | 140 | 52.9 |
Goals | ||||
‘Supporting attendance in young adults is a priority for the DESP’ | 2.13 | 0.90 | 140 | 66.4 |
‘There are more pressing priorities for the DESP than increasing attendance in young adults’* | 2.58 | 0.95 | 139 | 17.3 |
‘My screening service has targets around screening attendance’ | 1.21 | 0.49 | 140 | 96.4 |
Memory, attention and decision processes | ||||
‘The DESP has strategies in place to try and remind young adults to attend’ | 2.31 | 0.95 | 140 | 70.0 |
Environmental context and resources | ||||
‘The DESP is well integrated with ophthalmology services’ | 2.15 | 1.21 | 140 | 71.4 |
‘The DESP is well integrated with specialist diabetes services in hospitals’ | 2.86 | 1.17 | 140 | 40.0 |
‘The DESP is well integrated with GP practices in primary care’ | 2.44 | 1.01 | 140 | 61.4 |
‘Problems with re-scheduling appointments impacts young adults’ attendance’* | 3.76 | 1.02 | 140 | 65.7 |
‘The DESP has sufficient staff to provide DRS to patients’ | 2.66 | 1.29 | 139 | 55.4 |
‘The DESP have sufficient time to provide DRS to patients’ | 2.35 | 1.25 | 140 | 67.1 |
‘The DESP have sufficient resources to provide DRS to patients’ | 2.55 | 1.30 | 140 | 61.4 |
‘Incomplete or inaccurate registers make it more difficult for the DESP to support DRS in young adults’* | 4.11 | 1.04 | 140 | 77.1 |
‘Transient populations make it more difficult for the DESP to support DRS in young adults’* | 3.83 | 0.85 | 140 | 63.6 |
‘Accessibility of the screening service impacts young adults’ attendance’* | 3.89 | 1.08 | 139 | 72.1 |
‘DRS appointments are a good opportunity to discuss diabetes management with patients’ | 2.41 | 1.35 | 140 | 58.6 |
Social influences | ||||
‘Communication across healthcare providers involved in diabetes care is poor’* | 3.72 | 0.95 | 140 | 62.9 |
‘Language is a barrier to supporting DRS’* | 3.44 | 1.04 | 140 | 52.9 |
Emotion | ||||
‘I worry about screening attendance in young adults’ | 1.67 | 0.76 | 140 | 85.0 |
Behavioural regulation | ||||
‘I receive feedback on my practice around DRS’ | 2.21 | 1.04 | 138 | 67.4 |
‘My colleagues and I discuss screening attendance and how to improve it’ | 2.02 | 1.02 | 140 | 74.3 |
The mean scores correspond to the extent to which participants agreed with each statement using a 5-point Likert scale (strongly agree=1; somewhat agree=2; neither agree nor disagree=3; somewhat disagree=4; strongly disagree=5), after scores have been reversed where applicable.
*Belief statements in italics have been reverse scored. The level of agreement is based on those strongly or somewhat agreeing with the belief statement.
DESP, Diabetic Eye Screening Programme; DRS, diabetic retinopathy screening; GP, General Practitioner (Family Physician).