Table. Patient Demographics (n=51).

	In-depth Interviews (n=24)	Focus Groups (n=27)	p-value
Age (mean, yrs)	66	59	0.242
18-39	0	7
40-54	17	19
55-64	17	44
65-74	45	30
> 75	21	0
Female gender	83	81	0.16
Marital status			0.22
Single	11	33
Married/Living as married	42	22
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	47	45
Education			0.20
Some high school or less	11	4
High school graduate	26	41
Some college	42	33
College graduate or higher	22	22
Employment			0.21
Employed	5	22
Unemployed	26	44
Retired	68	33
Income, $			0.22
<15,000	5	33
15,000-24,999	26	7
25,000-49,999	26	22
> 50,000	21	26
Refused	22	11
Living Space			0.24
Rent	47	52
Own	53	44
Other	0	4
Insurance			0.09
Uninsured	0	0
Medicare	4	4
Medicaid	13	22
Medicare + Medicaid	21	26
Private Insurance	29	30
Medicare + Private	33	18
Years of Diabetes (Average)	14	14
Medication Regimen			0.29
Lifestyle modification only	21	11
Oral agents w/o insulin	46	48
Insulin	12	11
Oral agents w/ insulin	21	30
Diabetes Complications			0.24
0	50	37
1	21	37
2	25	19
3+	4	7
Co-morbid Illnesses
Cerebrovascular disease	13	4	<0.01
Coronary artery disease	33	7	<0.01
Hypertension	66	74	0.07
Hyperlipidemia	50	44	<0.01
Peripheral vascular disease	25	15	<0.01