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Table 1 Personal characteristics by study groups

From: Reducing resistance to treatment, through group intervention, improves clinical measurements in patients with type 2 diabetes

Variable

Despair

Emotions

 

Group 1

Group 0

P Value

Group 1

Group 0

P value

Mean age

58.6(9.5)

56.8(9.9)

0.307

55.39(9.6)

60.3(9.2)

0.009

% Females

45.9

58.2

0.169

52.1

50.0

0.817

% <12y educ.

38.6

60.4

0.017

45.1

51.9

0.452

% Married

71.0

86.8

0.037

75.7

80.8

0.506

Mean social support

0.56(0.7)

0.76(0.7)

0.109

0.64(0.6)

0.64(0.7)

0.997

 

Difficulty

Therapy

 

Group 1

Group 0

P value

Group 1

Group 0

P value

Mean age

57.8(9.8)

57.8(9.6)

0.972

56.8(9.9)

59.3(9.3)

0.151

% Females

54.3

47.5

0.440

50.0

53.1

0.736

% <12y educ.

45.5

50.9

0.548

42.1

57.4

0.098

% Married

70.1

87.3

0.023

80.0

74.5

0.474

Mean social support

0.59(0.6)

0.71(0.7)

0.332

0.68(0.7)

0.58(0.6)

0.452

 

Total resistance

   
 

Group 1

Group 0

P value

   

Mean age

57.5(9.9)

58.5(9.2)

0.588

   

% Females

51.7

50.0

0.859

   

% <12y educ.

44.7

55.3

0.279

   

% Married

76.2

81.6

0.507

   

Mean social support

0.66(0.6)

0.60(0.6)

0.682

   
  1. Note: Group 1:achieved reduction at T2 (delta between T2 and T1 <0); group 0: those who failed to achieve reduction (delta between T2 and T1 = >0).