Table 1.
Participant characteristics and data collection events.
| Characteristic | Prediabetes or T2DMa and friend or family participants (n=58), n (%) | Provider participants (n=20), n (%) | Total participants (N=78) | ||||||||
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Initial forums (four) | Preusability forums (two) | In-depth interviews | Subtotal | Initial FGDb (one) | In-depth interviews | Paired interview (one) | Subtotal |
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| Total by event | 41 (71) | 13 (22) | 4 (7) | 58 (100) | 9 (45) | 9 (45) | 2 (10) | 20 (100) | 78 (100) | ||
| Gender: male | 15 (26) | 5 (9) | 1 (2) | 21 (36) | 5 (25) | 4 (20) | 1 (5) | 10 (50) | 31 (40) | ||
| Race: African American | 40 (69) | 13 (22) | 4 (7) | 57 (98) | 5 (25) | 4 (20) | 1 (5) | 10 (50) | 31 (40) | ||
| T2DM status: prediabetes or T2DMc | 15 (26) | 10 (18) | 3 (5) | 28 (49) | N/Ad | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
aT2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus.
bFGD: focus group discussion.
cOne person in the forums did not indicate their T2DM or prediabetes status and was not counted here as having T2DM or prediabetes (n=57).
dN/A: not applicable; T2DM status was not applicable to providers.