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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Mar 12;210:111614. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111614

Table 1.

Participant and baseline characteristics

Overall (N=172) DTS (N=86) DD-CA+DTS (N=86)
Mean (SD), n (%) Mean (SD), n (%) Mean (SD), n (%) p-value
Sociodemographic Characteristics:
Age 57.78 (13.26) 61.34 (11.24) 54.23 (14.2) 0.0004
Sex 0.0671
  Female 83 (48.26%) 48 (55.81%) 35 (40.7%)
  Male 89 (51.74%) 38 (44.19%) 51 (59.3%)
Preferred Language 0.6147
  English 50 (29.07%) 27 (31.4%) 23 (26.74%)
  Spanish 122 (70.93%) 59 (68.6%) 63 (73.26%)
Race
  White 69 (40.12%) 32 (37.21%) 37 (43.02%) 0.5339
  Black/African American 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) -
  American Indian/Alaskan Native 8 (4.65%) 5 (5.81%) 3 (3.49%) 0.7200
  Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) -
  Other 98 (56.98%) 52 (60.47%) 46 (53.49%) 0.4414
Employment 0.2341
  Retired, Disabled, or Not Employed 124 (72.09%) 66 (76.74%) 58 (67.44%)
  Employed Part- or Full-Time 48 (27.91%) 20 (23.26%) 28 (32.56%)
Household Income 0.1537
  ≤$20,000 93 (54.07%) 52 (60.47%) 41 (47.67%)
  >$20,000 65 (37.79%) 28 (32.56%) 37 (43.02%)
  Decline to answer 14 (8.14%) 6 (6.98%) 8 (9.3%)
Married or Living with a Partner 95 (55.23%) 46 (53.49%) 49 (56.98%) 0.7592
High school education or greater 89 (51.74%) 45 (52.33%) 44 (51.16%) 0.9353
Health/Healthcare-related Characteristics:
Healthcare Coverage 144 (83.72%) 78 (90.7%) 66 (76.74%) 0.0219
BMI 32.7 (8.23) 32.83 (9.13) 32.57 (7.27) 0.8370
COVID+ at Index Admission 16 (9.3%) 7 (8.14%) 9 (10.47%) 0.7938
Comorbidities/Diagnosis History
  Congestive Heart Failure 41 (23.84%) 26 (30.23%) 15 (17.44%) 0.0728
  Peripheral Vascular Disease 28 (16.28%) 16 (18.6%) 12 (13.95%) 0.5361
  Chronic Pulmonary Disease 23 (13.37%) 17 (19.77%) 6 (6.98%) 0.0243
  Diabetes Chronic Complications 91 (52.91%) 48 (55.81%) 43 (50%) 0.5413
  Renal Disease 56 (32.56%) 30 (34.88%) 26 (30.23%) 0.6256
Baseline A1c (%) 9.55 (2.15) 9.38 (1.99) 9.73 (2.29) 0.2814
Index Admission LOS (Med, IQR) 5 (3–7) 4 (3–6) 5 (4–8) 0.0241
Baseline Self-Report Surveys:
  Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors
    Diet 4.18 (1.78) 4.2 (1.62) 4.15 (1.92) 0.8470
    Physical Activity 2.55 (2.92) 2.38 (2.96) 2.72 (2.9) 0.4570
    Blood Sugar Check 3.51 (3.21) 4.13 (3.12) 2.88 (3.21) 0.0111
    Insulin (#NA: 83; 33; 50) 5.74 (2.44) 5.62 (2.54) 5.92 (2.32) 0.5739
    Diabetes Pills (#NA: 52; 27; 25) 5.72 (2.44) 5.78 (2.41) 5.66 (2.5) 0.7824
  Diabetes Distress
    Overall (n= 153; 75; 78) 1.89 (0.86) 1.93 (0.86) 1.85 (0.85) 0.5976
    Emotional Burden 1.67 (0.82) 1.69 (0.8) 1.66 (0.84) 0.7952
    Physical Distress 2.16 (1.04) 2.19 (1.08) 2.14 (1.01) 0.7513
    Regimen Distress 2.2 (1.18) 2.32 (1.19) 2.08 (1.16) 0.1949
    Interpersonal Distress 1.47 (0.79) 1.51 (0.77) 1.42 (0.81) 0.5095
  Quality of Life (n=167; 84; 83)
    Physical 12.19 (3.24) 11.98 (3.23) 12.41 (3.25) 0.3811
    Mental 13.4 (3.18) 13.31 (3.27) 13.5 (3.09) 0.6987

Abbreviations: LOS – Length of stay; IQR – interquartile range (Q1 – Q3)