Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Participant	Age	Sex	Diabetes duration (years)	Employment status	Comorbidities	Occupation	Cohabitation status
1	37	Male	2	Unemployed	Back and knee problems and dyslexia	Health care assistant	Living with brother
2	73	Female	10	Retired	Heart problems, dermatitis, and memory difficulties	Secretary	Living alone
3	74	Male	N/A	Retired	Memory and learning difficulties	Bricklayer	Divorced and living alone
4	49	Female	N/A	Disability pensioner	Depression, mild brain injury, asthma, and dyslexia	None	Living alone
5	43	Female	1	Disability pensioner	ADHD	None	Living alone
6	52	Male	2	Disability pensioner	Arthritis and dyslexia	Shoemaker	Divorced and living alone
7	72	Male	3–4	Retired	Heart problems and high cholesterol	None	Living with wife
8	41	Male	1	Re-training	None	None	Living alone
9	66	Female	20	Retired	Arthritis	None	Living with husband

Abbreviation: N/A, not available.