The resulting sample consisted of 123 participants of the 187 who volunteered
for the study. Site A had 89 usable survey packets returned out of the 138 potential
volunteers who returned a postcard indicating an interest in joining the study. Of
the 49 potential volunteers who did not call to opt out of the study, 34 returned
completed survey packets at site B. An equal distribution of men ( n = 59) and women
( n = 59) reported their gender.
The average duration of diabetes was 8.85 years,
with 90% reporting that they had received formal diabetes education within the past
year. The age-group of the sample spanned from 61 to 85 years of age, reported in
decades of life, with the most populated group being in the 61–70-year-old range.
The sample was well educated; 41% ( n = 50) had a 4-year or college degree, and
24% ( n = 29) had a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma. The sample
represented largely a middle socioeconomic strata, with just 17% earning under
$30,000 annually, while 26% reported earning incomes over $70,000 annually.
Complete demographic information about the sample is displayed in Table 1.