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. 2014 May;12(3):204–214. doi: 10.1370/afm.1623

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Participants by Study Group

Characteristics Study Intervention Groupa
Control
N = 569
Tailored IMCP
N = 595
Patient enrollment by performance site, %
Rochester, New York 20.9 21.0
Bronx, New York 24.0 24.1
Denver and Southwestern Colorado 15.6 16.0
San Antonio, Texas 17.9 16.7
Sacramento, California 21.6 22.2
Sociodemographics
Age, mean (SD), y 57.1 (6.2) 57.0 (6.1)
Female, % 65.8 65.0
Spanish language version of software, % 23.5 23.4
Ethnicity/race category, %
 Hispanic (any race) 51.5 49.7
 Non-Hispanic
 White 20.7 21.0
 Black 23.0 24.9
 Other race 4.7 4.4
Country of birth, %
 United States 69.2 70.6
 Argentina 9.5 7.6
 Dominican Republic 7.7 9.6
 Mexico 7.7 8.2
 Puerto Rico 5.8 4.0
Length of time living in United States, %b
<1 y 4.0 6.9
1–5 y 8.0 11.4
6–10 y 8.6 9.7
>10 y 79.4 72.0
Education level, %
 <High school 15.8 19.0
 Some high school 21.5 18.1
 High school graduate 25.1 23.8
 Some college 18.5 20.9
 College graduate 19.0 18.3
Income level, %
 <$10,000 33.2 35.0
 $10,000 to <$15,000 18.9 17.8
 $15,000 to <$25,000 17.8 14.7
 $25,000 to <$50,000 14.5 15.3
 >$50,000 15.6 17.2
Self-rated health literacy (range 1–5), mean (SD)c 2.0 (1.2) 2.1 (1.3)
Health-related characteristics
Health status score (range 0–100), mean (SD)d
SF-12 physical component summary 42.9 (11.1) 42.1 (11.7)
SF-12 mental component summary 45.4 (11.4) 45.5 (11.3)
Duration of current primary care clinician relationship, %
 <1 y 26.3 24.6
 1–2 y 18.9 16.8
 3–5 y 15.6 19.9
 >5 y 36.1 36.5
 Unsure 3.0 2.2
Intervention factors
Software use time, mean (SD), mine 32.5 (22.2) 33.1 (21.8)
Satisfaction with software score (range 1–5), mean (SD)f 4.2 (0.5) 4.3 (0.5)

IMCP = interactive multimedia computer program.

a

P >.10 for all comparisons of characteristics between groups (χ2 test for categorical variables, t test for continuous variables).

b

Calculated using data from the 350 respondents (175 control, 175 tailored IMCP, 30% of overall sample) indicating a country of birth other than the United States.

c

Higher scores indicate lower self-assessed health literacy.

d

Higher scores indicate better health.

e

Based on available data from 550 control patients and 572 IMCP patients.

f

Higher scores indicate greater satisfaction.