Table 3.
Pre- and post-participation survey results. (Please note that some patients had more than one response.)
| Measure | Pre-participation survey percent of patients who responded “yes” | Post-participation survey percent of patients who responded “yes” |
| Perceived benefits: | ||
| General diabetes knowledge | 62% | 56% |
| Dietary concerns/knowledge | 38% | 78% |
| Exercise concerns | 15% | 33% |
| Food served at visit/recipes | 0% | 33% |
| Learning from other's experiences and concerns/group support | 0% | 22% |
| Prevent complications | 8% | 11% |
| New treatments for diabetes | 8% | 11% |
| Types of diabetes | 0% | 11% |
| Unsure | 8% | 0% |
| Perceived weaknesses: | ||
| None | 69% | 78% |
| Location | 15% | 0% |
| Others' concerns not applicable to own concerns | 8% | 0% |
| Not enough participants | 0% | 11% |
| Seeing others' suffering | 0% | 11% |
| Unsure | 8% | 0% |
| What patients would like to learn: | ||
| How to control diabetes | 54% | 44% |
| Diet | 15% | 44% |
| Avoiding complications of diabetes | 15% | 11% |
| New treatments | 15% | 11% |
| Exercise | 0% | 11% |
| How to control blood sugar | 8% | 0% |
| How patients get diabetes | 8% | 0% |
| How others feel about and manage their diabetes | 8% | 0% |
| Weight loss | 8% | 0% |
| How to change habits | 8% | 0% |
| Diabetes medications | 0% | 11% |
| Blood and urine tests for diabetes | 0% | 11% |
| Unsure | 0% | 0% |