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Published in final edited form as: Diabet Med. 2023 Jun 22;41(1):e15156. doi: 10.1111/dme.15156

Table A1.

Percentage of Side Discussions Dedicated to Emotional, Informational, and Instrumental Support^*^†

Type of Support	% based on number of words²	% based on number of quotes²
Informational Support	61.4%	57.1%
Emotional Support	36.3%	38.8%
Instrumental Support	2.3%	4.1%

Support was categorized into Informational Support, Emotional Support, and Instrumental Support based on prior research with similar categories: Langford CPH, Bowsher J, Maloney JP, Lillis PP. Social support: a conceptual analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 1997;25(1):95–100. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025095.x

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ATLAS.ti was initially used to code each of the side discussions (A.C.S, A.R.K, C.S.). Analyst consensus was first reached on categories of support to be used to sub-code the side discussions (A.C.S., A.R.K., R.M.), which were then sub-coded by R.M. by category of support. Percentage of side discussions by support category were calculated in two ways: percent of side discussions that fell into each category by number of overall words in all side discussions and percent of side discussions that fell into each category by number of participant quotes in all side discussions. Support category coding by R.M was verified by A.C.S.