Measuring the quality of Patients’ goals and action plans: development and validation of a novel tool

Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (N=85)

Characteristics	Goal-setting intervention arm (n=44)	Group education arm (n=41)	P-value
Age, mean (SD)	64.6 (7.3)	63.6 (7.7)	0.57
Race, number (%)
White	22 (50%)	17 (41%)
African American	13 (30%)	14 (34%)	0.54
Hispanic or Latino	6 (13%)	9 (22%)
Other	3 (7%)	1 (3%)
Co-morbidity Score*, mean (SD)	2.98 (2.3)	3.66 (3.1)	0.25
Baseline Hemoglobin A₁C, mean (SD)	8.53 (1.20)	8.65 (1.23)	0.67
Education Level, number (%)
≤ High School	12 (27.3%)	10 (24.4%)	0.76
> Some College/Trade School	32 (72.7%)	31 (75.6%)
Knowledge and Understanding of Diabetes^†, mean (SD)	3.1 (.85)	2.9 (1.0)	0.54
How Much Diabetes Interferes with Daily Life^‡, mean (SD)	2.5 (.77)	2.7 (.88)	0.36

*Deyo modification of the Charlson Co-morbidity Index using outpatient ICD-9 codes.
^†Diabetes Care Profile²², section 4, (13-item subscale, scale range 1–5 [Higher score indicates greater knowledge]).
^‡Diabetes Care Profile, section 7 (14-items subscale, scale range 1–5 [Higher score indicates more interference]).

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