Research Article

Lay Health Trainers Supporting Self-Management amongst Those with Low Heath Literacy and Diabetes: Lessons from a Mixed Methods Pilot, Feasibility Study

Table 2

Summary of patient participant characteristics.

WomenMenOverall

Gender ()6814
Age (years) (mean, range)73 (61, 86)59 (43, 73)70 (43, 86)
NVS (Mean)2.5 (0, 5)3 (0, 6)0–6
Number of years living with T2DM (mean, range)13 (1, 25)10 (3, 18)12 (1, 25)
Self-reported health
 Poor213
 Fair/good459
 Very good/excellent022
WEMWBS score (mean, range)22.5 (15.3, 32.6)23.6 (13.3, 28.1)23.0 (13.3–35.0)