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Published in final edited form as: Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2023 Dec 30;50(1):74–86. doi: 10.1177/26350106231215767

Table 3.

Characteristics of Session Zero Offerings and Participant Engagement Among National Diabetes Prevention Program Delivery Locations Offering Session Zero^a

	Class Locations

Characteristics of Session Zero	Frequency or Mean (Median)	Percentage or Range

Reason(s) for offering session zero^b
Recruitment strategy	533	81.1%
Orientation session	478	72.8%
Retention tool	18	2.7%
Other^c	10	1.5%

Number of session zeros offered in past year^d	4.1 (2.0)	1.0–60.0

Average number of participants in the past year attending each session zero	17.6 (10.0)	1.0–202.0

Phase 1: July–August 2020 survey; Phase 2: September–October 2020 survey. N = 657 unless otherwise noted.

Respondents were instructed to select all items that apply.

Other reasons for offering session zero included general education about diabetes and prediabetes, to connect participants with others in their community with similar diagnoses, and to familiarize potential participants with the location.

N = 656.