Table 2.
Characteristics of participants
| Variable | Intervention group | P value | ||||
| Original | Dictionary | Vocabulary | Coherent | |||
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
| Female | 17 (85) | 15 (75) | 17 (85) | 15 (75) | .59 | |
| Male | 3 (15) | 5 (25) | 3 (15) | 5 (25) | ||
| Age (years), n (%) | .48 | |||||
| <30 | 15 (79) | 14 (70) | 12 (60) | 15 (75) | ||
| 30–39 | 2 (11) | 4 (20) | 4 (20) | 0 (0) | ||
| 40–49 | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 2 (10) | 4 (40) | ||
| 50–65 | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | 1 (5) | ||
| >65 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | ||
| Education level attained, n (%) | .91 | |||||
| High school | 3 (15) | 2 (10) | 3 (15) | 2 (10) | ||
| College degree | 12 (60) | 12 (60) | 10 (50) | 12 (60) | ||
| Master’s | 5 (25) | 5 (25) | 7 (35) | 4 (20) | ||
| >Master’s | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 2 (10) | ||
| Degree typea, n (%) | 1.00 | |||||
| Health-related | 1 (5) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (5) | ||
| Nonhealth-related | 18 (95) | 17 (94) | 17 (94) | 19 (95) | ||
| Biomedical knowledge | ||||||
| Median (IQR)b | 1.5 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.0–2.0) | 2.0 (1.0–2.0) | 2.0 (2.0–3.0) | .15 | |
| Diabetic knowledge | ||||||
| Median (IQR) | 2.0 (1.0–3.0) | 2.0 (1.8–3.0) | 2.0 (2.0–3.3) | 3.0 (2.0–3.3) | .72 | |
a Of highest earned degree.
a Interquartile range.