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Table 2.

Participants characteristics

Demographics	N, %
Number of participants	21
Age (years), median (IQR)	63 (59-73)
Gender,
- Men - Women	12 (57%) 9 (43%)
Reasons for hospitalization,
- Type 2 diabetes - Myocardial infarction - Other cardiac reasons - Other reasons	9 (43%) 4 (19%) 5 (24%) 3 (14%)
Type 2 diabetes diagnosis,
- Newly diagnosed (< 6 months or during hospitalization) - Diagnosed but not treated - > 6 months	9 (43%) 2 (10%) 10 (47%)
Educational level, n = 20/21^e
- Obligatory schooling - Professional training - Professional college and university	7 (35%) 7 (35%) 6 (30%)
Help to read information provided by healthcare professionals,
- never - rarely - sometimes	8 (38%) 6 (29%) 7 (33%)
Living arrangement,
- Living with partner^a - Living with adult children^b - Living alone	11 (52%) 4 (19%) 6 (29%)
Self-rated health from 0-100 (EQ-VAS), median (IQR)
- Interview 1 n = 20/21^e - Interview 4 n = 15/19^e	60 (50-72.5) 75 (50-90)
Beliefs about medicines questionnaire^c, n = 16/19^e
- Necessity score^d(5 items), median (IQR) - Concerns score^d (5 items), median (IQR)	4.4 (3-4) 2.9 (2-4)

Demographics

N, %

Number of participants

Age (years), median (IQR)

63 (59-73)

Gender,

- Men

- Women

12 (57%)

9 (43%)

Reasons for hospitalization,

- Type 2 diabetes

- Myocardial infarction

- Other cardiac reasons

- Other reasons

9 (43%)

4 (19%)

5 (24%)

3 (14%)

Type 2 diabetes diagnosis,

- Newly diagnosed (< 6 months or during hospitalization)

- Diagnosed but not treated

- > 6 months

9 (43%)

2 (10%)

10 (47%)

Educational level, n = 20/21^e

- Obligatory schooling

- Professional training

- Professional college and university

7 (35%)

6 (30%)

Help to read information provided by healthcare professionals,

- never

- rarely

- sometimes

8 (38%)

6 (29%)

7 (33%)

Living arrangement,

- Living with partner^a

- Living with adult children^b

- Living alone

11 (52%)

4 (19%)

6 (29%)

Self-rated health from 0-100 (EQ-VAS), median (IQR)

- Interview 1 n = 20/21^e

- Interview 4 n = 15/19^e

60 (50-72.5)

75 (50-90)

Beliefs about medicines questionnaire^c, n = 16/19^e

- Necessity score^d(5 items), median (IQR)

- Concerns score^d (5 items), median (IQR)

4.4 (3-4)

2.9 (2-4)

^aMarried or in partnership

^bThere was no participant living with children under 18 years old

^cThe medication that each participant has the most questions about or has the most problems with

^d5-point Likert scale varying from 1=“strongly disagree” to 5=”strongly agree”

^eMissing data