## 4 Results  
Out of a total of 3369 patients, 1836 met the inclusion criteria and were divided into the five defined segments. 60% of all patients were women, with a lower proportion in the worsened segment (50%) and higher in the highly decompensated segment (67%). The average age was 61 (SD = 11.5), and the average number of years with which patients had lived with diabetes was 4.4 (SD = 3.4). The CIC index scored an average of 1.30 (SD = 1.10), while the DCSI scored an average of 0.91 (SD = 1.37). Table 2 outlines the descriptive variable values, and the \(p\)-value of the statistical test of independence between these values and the five defined patient segments. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & **Stable** & **Improved** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Moderately** \\ **Decompensated** \\ \end{tabular} & **Woessened** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Highly** ** **Total** \\ **Decompensated** \\ \end{tabular} & \
\begin{tabular}{c} **\(\chi^{2}\)\(\mathbf{p_{\text{-}}}\)**Value** \\ **between Segments** \\ \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} **Normality Test** \\ **\(\mathbf{p_{\text{-}}}\)**Value** \\ **\end{tabular} \\ \hline Total (N (\%)) & 655 (36\%) & 325 (18\%) & 247 (13\%) & 221 (12\%) & 388 (21\%) & 1836 (100\%) & \\ Gender (N (\%)) & & & & & & & \\ Male & 246 (88\%) & 142 (46\%) & 104 (42\%) & 110 (28\%) & 129 (40\%) & 731 (40\%) & \\ Women & 409 (28\%) & 183 (65\%) & 143 (58\%) & 111 (50\%) & 259 (97\%) & 1105 (60\%) & \\ Age (mean (SD) & 62 (mean (SD) & 63 (11.7) & 64 (11.3) & 63 (10.6) & 94 (11.8) & 58 (41.1) & 63 (11.5) & 0.539 & 0.025 \\ News w/T2/DM (mid (min, max)) & 2.8 (0.16) & 5.2 (0.24) & 5.4 (0.30) & 35.5 (0.01) & 7.6 (0.20) & 46.0 (0.24) & 49.0 (0.31) & -0.001 \\ CC (med (min, max)) & 10.0 (0.5) & 10.0 (0.5) & 10.0 (0.4) & 10.0 (0.5) & 1 (0.5) & 1.08 (0.0) & 1.08 (0.01) \\ DES (med (min, max)) & 0.0 (0.9) & 0.0 (0.7) & 0.0 (0.7) & 0.0 (0.7) & 0.0 (0.8) & 0.0 (0.8) & 0.018 (0.001 \\ HiMax (med (min, max)) & 0.0 (0.9) & 0.1 (0.2) & 7.6 (0.2) & 8.9 (0.54) & 6.9 (0.24) & 6.9 (0.24, 16.4) & -0.001 & -0.001 \\ Last & 6.1 (47.6) & 68 (45.8) & 5.7 (5.8) & 7.5 (0.17) & 9.7 (5.13, 5.9) & 7.4 (5.17, 4) & -0.001 & -0.001 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* T2 DM: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. CC: Chronic Illness with Complexity index. DCS: Diabetes Complications Severity Index. A \(\chi^{2}\) test was used to assess the dependence between each variable and the segmentation, obtaining the result that only DCSIs dependent on the evolution. A Shapiro-Wilk test for normality was also applied to the variables. Normal variables are described with mean and standard deviation, and non-normal variables are described with median value (med), accompanied by the minimum (min) and maximum (max) values. Statistical significance was established as \(p\)-value \(<\) 0.05.  
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Table 2: Characterization of patients by segments and the total population of the study. Table 3 shows the number of total appointments and appointments by discipline for the five patient segments. The number of appointments of physicians and nurses had values that were below average in the stable and worsened segments, and above average in the other segments. This was consistent with the difference in the appointment frequency as outlined in the treatment guidelines. Conversely, in the case of the dietitians, it can be seen that the value was significantly lower only among patients from the worsened segment. By comparing the patients who remained stable with those who were stable but subsequently worsened, the only significant differences appear in appointments with the dietitian, with more appointments (\(p\)-value = 0.01) and more professionals (\(p\)-value \(<\) 0.01) than stable patients. All of these differences are captured by the continuity metrics, thereby enabling comparisons to be made between patients.