Table 3.
Participant characteristics. There were no statistically significant differences among study arms at the .05 level of significance.
| Characteristics | Total (N=42) |
Control (N=14) |
PMa (N=14) |
PM+FFb (N=14) |
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| Gender (female), n (%) | 28 (67) | 9 (64) | 7 (50) | 12 (86) | |
| Age in years, mean (SD)c | 52 (9) | 53 (8) | 53 (9) | 50 (9) | |
| Spanish as preferred language, n (%) | 32 (76) | 10 (71) | 12 (86) | 10 (71) | |
| Educational attainment, n (%) |
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Less than high school | 22 (52) | 8 (57) | 5 (36) | 9 (64) |
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High school graduate | 4 (10) | 1 (7) | 2 (14) | 1 (7) |
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More than high school | 16 (38) | 5 (36) | 7 (50) | 4 (29) |
| Years since T2Dd diagnosis, mean (SD) | 12 (9) | 12 (7) | 11 (11) | 12 (8) | |
| Phone with text-messaging capability, n (%) | 36 (86) | 12 (86) | 11 (79) | 13 (93) | |
| Prefer voice instead of text messages, n (%) | 11 (39) |
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6 (43) | 5 (36) | |
aPM: phone messaging.
bPM+FF: phone messaging plus social support from family members and friends.
cSD: standard deviation.
dT2D: type 2 diabetes.