Table 3.
Attributes of the six personas.
| Description of factor/outcome | A - "Angela" n=4 | B - "Barbara" n=8 | C - "Charlene" n=6 |
| Age | 70 | 72 | 75 |
| Sex | Likely Female | Likely Female | Female |
| Race | White | White | Likely White |
| Marital Status | Married | Likely Married | Single |
| Employment | Unemployed | Unemployed | Possibly employed |
| Cohabitation | Lives with others | Lives alone | |
| Diabetes | Not diabetic | Likely diabetic | Diabetic |
| Depression | More depressed | Most depressed | |
| Caregiver Support In Transition | Has support | Has support | |
| Health Literacy | Least health literate | Most health literate | |
| Numeracy | Least numerate | ||
| Physical Activity Ability | Most able to do activity | More able to do activity | Less able to do activity |
| Household Work Ability | Most able to do housework | Able to do housework | Less able to do housework |
| Hygiene | Poor hygiene ability | Good hygiene ability | Good hygiene ability |
| Internet Availability | Internet available | Internet available | Internet likely available |
| Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Visited By Home Healthcare Professional |
| Exhaustion | |||
| Exercise & Rehabilitation | Little exercise | Least exercise | |
| Patient Portal Usage | Higher portal use | Highest portal use | Lower portal use |
| Description of factor/outcome | D - "David" n=6 | E - "Earl" n=4 | F - "Frederick" n=2 |
| Age | 69 | 71 | 82 |
| Sex | Male | Likely Male | Male |
| Race | Likely White | White | White or non-white (labeled as non-white to reflect population) |
| Marital Status | Likely Married | Married | Married |
| Employment Status | Unemployed | Possibly employed | Unemployed |
| Cohabitation | Lives with others | Lives with others | Lives with others |
| Diabetes Comorbidity | Diabetic | Diabetic | Diabetic |
| Depression Comorbidity | Least depressed | Less depressed | Less depressed |
| Caregiver Support In Transition | Has support | Has support | No support |
| Health Literacy | More health literate | ||
| Numeracy | More numerate | Most numerate | |
| Physical Activity Ability | Less able to do activity | Least able to do activity | More able to do activity |
| Household Work Ability | Less able to do housework | Worst ability to do housework | |
| Hygiene Ability | Good hygiene ability | Good hygiene ability | Good hygiene ability |
| Internet Availability | Internet available | Internet available | No Internet at home |
| Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Visited By Home Healthcare Professional | Not visited By Home Healthcare Professional |
| Exhaustion | Least exhausted | Most exhausted | |
| Exercise & Rehabilitation | Exercises the most | ||
| Patient Portal Usage | Higher portal use | No portal use | No portal use |
An empty cell denotes the variable was not salient for the cluster, with salience defined for continuous variables as an absolute Z score > 0.4 (see Appendix B). Salience is defined for binomial variables as the proximity to either 0 or 1. Bold denotes the highest salience of the attribute for that cluster.