Table 2.

Demographics of Interviewed Patients (Recruited from Patients with Open Loops)

  Dermatology
Open Loop
(n = 15)
Stress Test
Open Loop
(n = 15)
Mean age, (SD) 65.0 (11.9) 55.0 (9.8) 
Gender,* n (%)   
 Male9 (60.0) 7 (46.7) 
 Female 6 (40.0) 8 (53.3) 
Race-Ethnicity* n (%)     
 White 14 (93.3) 6 (40.0) 
 Black 3 (20.0) 
 Asian 1 (6.7) 
 Other/More than one  race 1 (6.7) 
 Hispanic 5 (33.3) 
Language Spoken at Home*   (some patients spoke more than one),  n
 English 15 10 
 Spanish 6
 Cape Verdean/Kriolu1
 Other language3
Education,* n (%)     
 Some high school
 High school 1 (6.7) 
 Some college 5 (33.3) 5 (33.3) 
 College 2 (13.3) 4 (26.7) 
 Post-college 8 (53.3) 4 (26.7) 
Primary insurance, n (%)    
 Commercial 4 (26.7) 7 (46.7) 
 Medicare 7 (46.7) 4 (26.7) 
 Medicaid 4(26.7) 4 (26.7) 
Confidence filling out forms, n (%)
 Not very confident
 Confident 8 (53.3) 5 (33.3) 
 Very confident 7 (46.7) 10 (66.6) 
Site of care, n (%)    
 Hospital based clinic 15 (100.0) 14 (93.3) 
 Community based clinic 1 (6.7) 
  • *Elicited during interview.

  • Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.