Table 1.
Participant Characteristics (N = 119)
| Age, M (SD) | 56.3 (9.69) |
| Sex, % (n) | |
| Female (n) | 63.9 (76) |
| Male (n) | 36.1 (43) |
| Race, (n=114), % (n) | |
| Black or African American | 61.4 (70) |
| White | 25.4 (29) |
| Other | 13.2 (15) |
| Ethnicity, (n = 108) % (n) | |
| Hispanic | 28.7 (31) |
| Education Level, (n=118), % (n) | |
| Less than high school diploma | 17.8 (21) |
| High school diploma | 15.3 (18) |
| Some college | 32.2 (38) |
| College degree | 21.2 (25) |
| Some graduate school or degree | 13.6 (16) |
| Yearly Family Income, (n = 113), % (n) | |
| Less than 10,000 | 18.6 (21) |
| Between $10,000–$14,999 | 15.9 (18) |
| $15,000–$24,999 | 18.6 (21) |
| $25,000–$49,999 | 29.2 (33) |
| $50,000–$99,999 | 15.9 (18) |
| $100,000–$149,999 | 1.8 (2) |
| Years since diagnosis, (n=114) M (SD) | 13.3 (9.4) |
| HbA1c, (n=119), M (SD) | 7.9 (1.9) |
| Prescribed insulin, % (n) | 41.2 (49) |
| Diabetes complications, % (n) | |
| No complications | 48.7 (58) |
| At least one complication | 51.3 (61) |
| Total Diabetes Distress, M (SD) | 2.3 (1.2) |
| Emotional Burden | 2.5 (1.5) |
| Regimen Distress | 2.7 (1.5) |
| Interpersonal Distress | 2.0 (1.4) |
| Physician-related Distress | 1.8 (1.3) |
| Number of supports, (n=115), Mdn | 3.3 |
| Support satisfaction, M (SD) | 4.8 (1.4) |