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Table 2 Characteristics of participants

From: The LMC Skills, Confidence & Preparedness Index (SCPI): development and evaluation of a novel tool for assessing self-management in patients with diabetes

Variable

Statistic

Gender: n (%)

 Male

62 (51.7)

 Female

58 (48.3)

Age: mean (SD)

55.77 (12.76)

Duration since diagnosis: mean (SD)f

14.91 (8.45)

Type of diabetes: n (%)e

 Type 1

20 (18.2)

 Type 2

90 (81.8)

HbA1c: mean (SD)

9.47 (1.27)

Level of education: n (%)a

 Attended secondary school

17 (14.2)

 Completed secondary school

21 (17.5)

 College or technical diploma

20 (16.7)

 Attended University

7 (5.8)

 Completed University

21 (17.5)

Ethnicity: n (%)b

 Caucasian

71 (59.2)

 South Asian

14 (11.7)

 African

11 (9.2)

 East/South East Asian

4 (3.3)

 Caribbean

4 (3.3)

 Other (Oceania, Arab, First Nations)

4 (3.3)

Average scores on tools: mean (SD)

 SCPI (min-max scores: 1-10)

6.5 (1.50)

 MK (min-max scores: 0-100)

70 (17.3)

 DE (min-max scores: 1-5)c

3.7 (0.68)

 BTC (min-max scores: 0-14)d

8.5 (1.77)

 PHQ9 (min-max scores: 1-27)

8.8 (7.44)

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. a34 missing; b7 missing; c1 missing; d 6 missing; e 10 missing; f 13 missing