Table 1.
Characteristics of health care professionals and clinics (n = 22)
| Variable | N |
|---|---|
| Professional role | |
| Administrator | 3 |
| Clinician | 9 |
| Staff | 10 |
| Gender | |
| Male | 1 |
| Female | 21 |
| Age | |
| 20–29 years | 2 |
| 30–39 years | 5 |
| 40–49 years | 6 |
| 50–59 years | 4 |
| 60+ years | 5 |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 16 |
| Hispanic White | 3 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2 |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 1 |
| Years in practice | |
| 0–5 | 6 |
| 6–10 | 8 |
| 11–15 | 1 |
| 16–20 | 1 |
| 20+ | 6 |
| Number of diabetic patients seen weekly by participant | |
| Don’t know | 1 |
| N/A (administrative role) | 6 |
| 0–9 | 1 |
| 10–19 | 4 |
| 20–29 | 2 |
| 30–39 | 2 |
| 40–49 | 2 |
| 50+ | 4 |
| Clinic setting | |
| Rural | 7 |
| Urban | 15 |
| Clinic DR screening rate | |
| Low (25th percentile) | 10 |
| Medium (26th–50th percentile) | 7 |
| High (50th–99th percentile) | 5 |
| Clinic experience with TDRS | |
| 0–1 years | 2 |
| 2–3 years | 3 |
| 4+ years | 1 |
N/A non-applicable, DR diabetic retinopathy, TDRS Telemedicine Diabetic Retinopathy Screening