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Table 1 Summary of Participant Characteristics

From: Development of a patient-reported outcome (PRO) measure to assess patient perceptions of simplicity and complexity of treatment for type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

Concept Elicitation Interviews (N = 30)

Cognitive Interviews

(N = 20)

Age, mean years (SD)

64.5 (11.4)

64.9 (8.3)

Gender, n (%)1

  

Male

16 (53.3%)

9 (45.0%)

Female

13 (43.3%)

11 (55.0%)

Ethnicity, n (%)1

  

Hispanic or Latino

2 (6.7%)

1 (5.0%)

Not Hispanic or Latino

26 (86.7%)

19 (95.0%)

Race, n (%)

  

Black or African American

7 (23.3%)

6 (30.0%)

White

23 (76.7%)

14 (70.0%)

Other2

1 (3.3%)

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Employment status, n (%)

  

Full-time work

5 (16.7%)

5 (25.0%)

Part-time work

2 (6.7%)

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Other3

23 (76.7%)

15 (75.0%)

Education level, n (%)

  

University degree

9 (30.0%)

7 (35.0%)

No university degree

21 (70.0%)

13 (65.0%)

Marital status, n (%)

  

Single

7 (23.3%)

3 (15.0%)

Married/Cohabitating/Living with partner

16 (53.3%)

12 (60.0%)

Other4

7 (23.3%)

5 (25.0%)

Duration of diabetes, mean years (SD)

18.1 (10.6)

12.9 (8.6)

Most recent HbA1c (%), mean (SD)5

7.3 (1.0)

8.4 (2.5)

BMI, mean kg/m2(SD)

32.9 (6.4)

35.3 (8.5)

Current treatment, n (%)

  

Oral only

3 (10.0%)

5 (25.0%)

Insulin

4 (13.3%)

2 (10.0%)

Injectable GLP-1 RA

1 (3.3%)

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Oral and insulin

12 (40.0%)

7 (35.0%)

Oral and injectable GLP-1 RA

6 (20.0%)

2 (10.0%)

Insulin and injectable GLP-1 RA

2 (6.7%)

2 (10.0%)

Oral, insulin, and injectable GLP-1 RA

2 (6.7%)

2 (10.0%)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI = body mass index; GLP-1 = glucagon-like peptide 1; RA = receptor agonist; SD = standard deviation
  2. 1Gender was missing for one concept elicitation interview participant and ethnicity was missing for two concept elicitation interview participants
  3. 2 Race is not mutually exclusive. One concept elicitation participant selected both “White” and “Other.”
  4. 3 Other employment includes retired (n = 18), disabled (n = 4), and other not specified (n = 1) for concept elicitation interviews and retired (n = 11) and disabled (n = 4) for cognitive interviews
  5. 4 Other marital status includes divorced (n = 5) and widowed (n = 2) for concept elicitation interviews and divorced (n = 5) for cognitive interviews
  6. 5 Result of most recent HbA1c test was unknown for one concept elicitation interview participant