Table 2.
Differences Between Clinician Personas by Provider, Patient, and Practice Characteristics.
| Ready (n = 42) |
Cautious (n = 85) |
Not Yet Ready (n = 82) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of total sample | 20.10 | 40.67 | 39.23 | |
| Provider characteristics | ||||
| Years in profession | 11.3 (9.86) | 13.34 (9.61) | 14.92 (8.33) | .13 |
| Mistrust in diabetes technology companies | 10.02 (2.32) | 11.11 (2.16) | 10.88 (1.91) | .02 |
| Provider type (pediatric/adult/both) | ||||
| Pediatric provider, n (%) | 23 (55%) | 26 (31%) | 11 (14%) | |
| Adult provider, n (%) | 8 (19%) | 40 (47%) | 51 (63%) | <.001 |
| Provider for peds and adults, n (%) | 11 (26%) | 19 (22%) | 19 (23%) | |
| Patient characteristics | ||||
| % on public insurance | 43.34 (19.57) | 39.39 (21.74) | 43.24 (24.35) | .47 |
| % requiring interpreter | 7.88 (6.75) | 8.49 (11.38) | 10.49 (11.70) | .35 |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||
| % black | 17.83 (10.53) | 20.06 (15.91) | 25.15 (18.89) | .03 |
| % white | 66.71 (13.97) | 63.9 (19.66) | 58.15 (23.82) | .06 |
| % Hispanic | 15.56 (9.90) | 16.31 (13.01) | 17.84 (16.01) | .64 |
| Practice characteristics | ||||
| % of diabetes patients with T1D | 67 (28.97) | 54 (33.62) | 33 (31) | <.001 |
| % T1D patients using pump | 58.14 (20.98) | 53.91 (25.14) | 39.35 (28.48) | <.001 |
| % T1D patients using CGM | 33.36 (23.16) | 30.32 (22.34) | 17.55 (17.91) | <.001 |
Data are mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. P-values that were significant at the <.05 level are indicated in bold.