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. 2020 May 13;22(5):e15989. doi: 10.2196/15989

Table 3.

Demographics and questionnaire responses for study 3 participants.

Characteristics Consented (n=72) Completed the message reviews (n=52)a
Female, n (%)b 28 (39) 21 (40)
Age in years, mean (SD) 61.99 (11.25) 62.81 (10.83)
Ethnicity, n (%)


White 64 (89) 45 (87)

Asian/Asian British 1 (1) 0 (0)

Mixed/multiple ethnic groups 1 (1) 1 (2)

Did not answer 6 (8) 6 (12)
Time since diagnosis with diabetes in years, mean (SD)c 12.1 (5.38) 12.73 (5.76)
Time since last change to diabetes tablets, n (%)d


≤1 month 6 (8) 3 (6)

>1 month to <3 months 6 (8) 6 (12)

≥3 months to <6 months 8 (11) 8 (15)

≥6 months to <1 year 9 (13) 6 (12)

>1 year 39 (54) 27 (52)

First prescription 3 (4) 1 (2)

Did not answer 1 (1) 1 (2)

aIncludes postal response and 1 respondent who answered questions about all but the last message.

bn=71 consented, n=51 completed due to missing value.

cn=38 consented, n=26 completed; there was a problem with one of the 4 questionnaires, this question did not allow respondents to answer, some answered in the next question and these are included here.

dn=71 consented, n=52 completed due to missing value.