Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of veterans who completed the DiaTel Study and did/did not enrol in the DiaTel Extension

	DiaTel ACM participants (n=64)			DiaTel CC participants (n=73)
	Refused (n=18) %	Re-enrolled (n=46) %	p Value	Refused (n=18) %	Re-enrollled (n=55) %	p Value
Age, years			0.27			0.11
<45	11.1	2.2		0.0	0.0
45–65	50.0	63.0		44.4	65.5
>65	38.9	34.8		55.6	34.6
Gender						0.41
Male	100.0	100.0		100.0	96.4
Female	0.0	0.0		0.0	3.6
Race			0.06			0.33
White, not Hispanic	88.9	65.2		77.8	81.8
African-American not Hispanic	11.1	34.8		16.7	16.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.8
American Indian or Alaskan Native	0.0	0.0		5.6	0.0
Employment status			0.85			0.32
Employed full-time	11.1	6.5		27.8	23.6
Employed part-time	11.1	13.0		0.0	14.6
Full-time homemaker	0.0	4.4		0.0	1.8
Retired	55.6	58.7		66.7	47.3
Unemployed	22.2	17.4		5.6	12.7
Marital status			0.38			0.76
Single, never married	5.6	13.0		22.2	14.6
Married or living as married	38.9	54.4		44.4	58.2
Widowed	16.7	8.7		5.6	5.5
Separated or divorced	38.9	23.9		27.8	21.8
Living arrangement			0.76			0.42
Lives alone, private residence	38.9	34.8		33.3	23.6
Lives with other, private residence	61.1	65.2		66.7	76.4
Education			0.55			0.76
Grade school (years 1–8) or less	0.0	4.4		0.0	3.6
Some high school	5.6	8.7		11.1	7.3
Completed high school or GED	33.3	37.0		44.4	40.0
Some post-high school education	27.8	30.4		22.2	14.6
Completed technical or vocational	11.1	13.0		16.7	18.2
Completed college or more	22.2	6.5		5.6	16.4
Comorbidities
Coronary artery disease	38.9	39.1	0.99	38.9	30.9	0.53
Congestive heart failure	22.2	19.6	0.81	16.7	10.9	0.52
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	11.1	4.4	0.31	16.7	5.5	0.13

The two DiaTel CC-to-UC participants who re-enrolled but did not participate in the DiaTel Extension are counted as refused in this table.

ACM, active care management; CC, care coordination; GED, General Education Diploma; UC, usual care.