Table 1.
Characteristics of focus group participants in high- and low-adherence care teams. Note that characteristic information from 2 participants is missing.
| Characteristic | High adherence (N=17) | Low adherence (N=10) | |||
| Age (years) | |||||
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n | 15 | 10 | ||
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Mean (SD) | 44.8 (9.07) | 41.4 (3.92) | ||
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Median | 46.0 | 41.0 | ||
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Range | 32.0-61.0 | 36.0-50.0 | ||
| Gender (self-reported), n (%) | |||||
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Male | 8 (47) | 6 (60) | ||
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Female | 9 (53) | 4 (40) | ||
| Race, n (%) | |||||
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White | 16 (94) | 8 (80) | ||
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Othera | 0 (0) | 1 (10) | ||
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Prefer not to say | 1 (6) | 1 (10) | ||
| Position, n (%) | |||||
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Physician | 12 (71) | 8 (80) | ||
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Physician assistant | 0 (0) | 2 (20) | ||
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Nurse practitioner | 5 (29) | 0 (0) | ||
| Specialty, n (%) | |||||
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Family medicine | 11 (65) | 5 (50) | ||
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Internal medicine | 6 (35) | 5 (50) | ||
| Years in practice | |||||
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n | 15 | 10 | ||
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Mean (SD) | 13.5 (9.04) | 8.3 (5.19) | ||
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Median | 11.0 | 5.5 | ||
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Range | 1.0-31.0 | 3.0-20.0 | ||
| Years in current care team | |||||
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n | 15 | 10 | ||
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Mean (SD) | 11.5 (9.08) | 7.2 (6.00) | ||
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Median | 11.0 | 5.0 | ||
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Range | 0.5-31.0 | 1.0-20.0 | ||
aRacial categories measured included American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. None of our participants identified as being in these categories.