Table 2.
Baseline sociodemographic characteristics for all patients and by study group.
| Characteristics | All patients (N=42) | Intervention patients (n=21) | Attention control patients (n=21) | ||||
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Age (years); range: 36-82, mean (SD) | 57.6 (11.1) | 59.7 (10.7) | 54.5 (11.3) | |||
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Gender (male), n (%) | 23 (54.8) | 11 (52.4) | 12 (57.1) | |||
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||||
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Single | 11 (26.2) | 5 (23.8) | 6 (28.6) | |||
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Married | 8 (19.0) | 3 (14.3) | 5 (23.8) | |||
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Divorced or separated | 16 (38.1) | 9 (42.9) | 7 (33.3) | |||
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Widowed | 7 (16.7) | 4 (19.0) | 3 (14.3) | |||
| Education, n (%) | |||||||
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Less than high school | 5 (11.9) | 2 (9.5) | 3 (14.3) | |||
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High school or technical school | 23 (54.8) | 13 (61.9) | 10 (47.6) | |||
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Some college | 6 (14.3) | 3 (14.3) | 3 (14.3) | |||
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College and above | 8 (18.8) | 3 (14.3) | 5 (23.8) | |||
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Unemployed | 29 (69.0) | 20 (95.2) | 9 (42.9) | |||
| Income (US$), n (%) | |||||||
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<20,000 | 26 (62.8) | 13 (61.9) | 13 (61.9) | |||
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20,000-40,000 | 10 (23.2) | 6 (28.5) | 4 (19.0) | |||
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>40,000 | 6 (14.0) | 2 (9.5) | 4 (19.0) | |||
| Insurance, n (%) | |||||||
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Private | 8 (19.0) | 3 (14.3) | 5 (23.8) | |||
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Medicare without Medicaid | 7 (16.7) | 4 (19.0) | 3 (14.3) | |||
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Medicaid only or with Medicare | 19 (45.3) | 10 (47.7) | 9 (42.9) | |||
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None | 8 (19.0) | 4 (19.0) | 4 (19.0) | |||
| Health literacy, n (%) | |||||||
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Inadequate | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (9.5) | |||
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Marginal | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.8) | |||
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Adequate | 40 (95.4) | 21 (100) | 18 (85.7) | |||
| Diabetes, n (%) | 31 (72.1) | 17 (77.3) | 14 (66.7) | ||||
| Stroke, n (%) | 6 (14) | 3 (14.3) | 3 (14.3) | ||||
| Kidney disease, n (%) | 2 (4.7) | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Number of antihypertensive or oral diabetic medications, mean (SD) | 3.20 (1.8) | 3.65 (1.8) | 2.75 (1.7) | ||||