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Table 1 General characteristics and psychosocial determinants of the study population (n = 391)

From: Type 2 diabetes patients’ preferences and willingness to pay for lifestyle programs: a discrete choice experiment

  

Mean (SD)

Percentage

Age (n = 385)

 

57.2 (6.4)

 

Gender (n = 390)

Male

 

57.4

Educational level (n = 379)

Low

 

31.1

 

Medium

 

49.6

 

High

 

19.2

Ethnicity (n = 390)

Dutch

 

94.1

Duration of diabetes (years) (n = 382)

 

6.1 (5.5)

 

HbA1c (mmol/mol) (n = 101)

 

49.9 (16.6)

 

Primary health care contact (n = 187)

GP

 

94.1

Medication (n = 390)

None

 

19.0

 

Oral glucose lowering medication

 

67.2

 

Insulin

 

4.6

 

Both

 

9.2

Complications present (n = 303)

  

21.7

Chronic condition present (n = 390)

  

0.3

Weight category* (n = 364)

Underweight

 

0.2

 

Normal weight

 

19.5

 

Overweight

 

37.8

 

Obese

 

41.1

EQ5d score (n = 391)

 

0.91 (0.19)

 

Self-management (n = 386)

monitoring HbA1c at home

 

45.8

 

Keeping a T2DM diary

 

50.3

What is your opinion concerning lifestyle programs in general? (n = 388)

Very useful or useful

 

47.2

Not useful at all

 

2.6

Do you think you are able to complete a lifestyle program that endures 1 year, without dropping out? (n = 391)

Certainly or probably

 

33.5

Certainly not

 

18.2

Would your partner, friends and/or family support you if you would participate in a lifestyle program? (n = 391)

Certainly or probably

 

66.7

Certainly not

 

4.9

Would you like to participate in a lifestyle program? (n = 391)

Certainly or probably

 

22.6

 

Certainly not

 

19.4

  1. *Respondents were categorized as underweight if their BMI < 20 kg/m2, normal weight if BMI 20–25 kg/m2, overweight if BMI 25-30 kg/m2 and obese if BMI >30 kg/m2.