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. 2015 May 19;30(12):1780–1787. doi: 10.1007/s11606-015-3381-8

Table 1.

Participant Demographics by Randomization Group, Including Only Those Who Completed Post-Visit Survey*

Characteristic Usual care Intervention p value Physician intervention only Physician–patient intervention p value
Sample size 153 350 183 167
Age, mean (SE) 57.80 (0.75) 57.80 (0.53) 0.99 58.58 (1.08) 56.95 (1.09) 0.01
Sex, n (%) 153 350 183 167
 Female 117 (76.5) 255 (72.9) 0.82 130 (71.0) 125 (74.9) 0.26
Race/ethnicity, n (%) 141 342 0.99 181 161 0.68
 Hispanic/Latino 64 (45.4) 157 (45.9) 85 (47.0) 72 (44.7)
 Non-hispanic black 77 (54.6) 185 (54.1) 96 (53.0) 89 (55.3)
Survey language, n (%) 153 350 0.73 183 167 0.43
 Spanish 60 (39.2) 146 (41.7) 80 (43.7) 66 (39.5)
Years of education, n (%) 151 348 0.70 182 166 0.79
 0–6 years 41 (27.2) 67 (19.3) 33 (18.1) 34 (20.5)
 7–12 years 40 (26.5) 112 (32.2) 61 (33.5) 51 (30.7)
 13+ years 70 (46.4) 169 (48.6) 88 (48.4) 81 (48.8)
Household income, n (%) 150 341 0.94 179 162 0.35
 < $20,000 96 (64.0) 232 (68.0) 125 (69.8) 107 (66.1)
 $20,000–40,000 22 (14.7) 43 (12.6) 23 (12.9) 20 (12.3)
 > $40,001 13 (8.7) 14 (4.1) 6 (3.3) 8 (4.9)
 Unknown 19 (12.6) 52 (15.3) 25 (14.0) 27 (16.7)
Health status, n (%) 152 349 0.97 183 166 0.36
 Poor 23 (15.1) 47 (13.5) 23 (12.6) 24 (14.5)
 Fair 73 (48.0) 182 (52.2) 98 (53.6) 84 (50.6)
 Good 38 (25.0) 85 (24.4) 42 (23.0) 43 (25.9)
 Very good 16 (10.5) 22 (6.3) 10 (5.5) 12 (7.2)
 Excellent 2 (1.3) 13 (3.7) 10 (5.5) 3 (1.8)
Health literacy, n (%) 153 350 183 167 0.29
 Inadequate 50 (32.7) 146 (41.7) 0.76 81 (44.3) 65 (38.9)
 Marginal/adequate 91 (59.5) 171 (48.9) 85 (46.5) 86 (51.5)
 Missing 12 (7.8) 33 (9.4) 17 (9.3) 16 (9.6)
Health care system, n (%) 153 350 0.76 183 167 0.64
 Community 92 (60.1) 305 (87.1) 158 (86.3) 147 (88.0)
 Academic 61 (39.9) 45 (12.9) 25 (13.7) 20 (12.0)
Insurance, n (%) 153 350 0.52 183 167 0.63
 Yes 90 (58.8) 260 (74.3) 134 (73.2) 126 (75.5)

*N varies slightly among demographic characteristics due to missing data