Social Support Groups in the Maintenance of Glycemic Control after Community-Based Intervention
Table 1
Participants’ sociodemographic, behavioral, and biological characteristics for combined sample at and by group at .
Variable
Baseline =
3 months =
Total ()
SSG ()
Control ()
Age (years)
54.53 10.18
54.62 11.06
54.42 9.29
Sex
Female
23 (50)
10 (40)
13 (62)
Ethnicity
Hawaiian
27 (57)
14 (56)
13 (59)
Micronesian
16 (34)
8 (32)
8 (36)
Filipino
2 (4)
2 (8)
0 (0)
Other
2 (4)
1 (4)
1 (5)
Education
Less than high school
6 (13)
2 (8)
4 (19)
High school diploma/GED
27 (60)
16 (67)
11 (52)
Some college/tech
10 (22)
5 (21)
5 (24)
College degree
2 (4)
1 (4)
1 (5)
Marital status
Never
5 (11)
4 (16)
1 (5)
Currently
26 (58)
14 (56)
12 (60)
Disrupted
14 (31)
7 (28)
7 (35)
Weight (kg)
100.77 24.39
106.42 28.36
97.05 12.90
BMI (kg/m2)
36.01 6.77
37.27 7.66
35.42 4.63
HbA1c (%)
9.98 2.23
8.96 1.82
9.47 2.69
Cholesterol (mg/dL)
183.45 43.77
171.79 36.82
171.24 38.80
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
93.36 38.49
92.38 37.84
81.36 37.41
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
40.72 13.40
42.00 14.90
38.33 7.34
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
240.59 171.07
234.00 175.38
268.19 142.08
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
129.41 15.77
137.48 24.81
132.03 21.43
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
76.46 11.00
81.72 14.22
76.50 12.96
Diabetes care profile score
2.93 0.86
3.55 0.80
3.52 0.87
Problem areas in diabetes score
34.41 23.43
26.80 20.70
26.46 27.52
Summary of diabetes self-care activities score
17.00 4.81
18.52 4.12
18.06 5.02
Note. Body mass index is abbreviated as BMI, high-density lipoprotein as HDL, low-density lipoprotein as LDL, and social support group as SSG. HbA1c is the measure of glycated hemoglobin. Data shown as mean SD or (%). No significant differences between SSG and control group at or , all values > 0.15.
