Walker Elizabeth A, Silver Lynn D, Chamany Shadi, Schechter Clyde B, Gonzalez Jeffrey S, Carrasco Jeidy, Powell Danielle, Berger Diana, Basch Charles E
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA.
West J Nurs Res. 2014 Oct;36(9):1030-51. doi: 10.1177/0193945913517947. Epub 2014 Jan 9.
We describe baseline demographic and psychosocial characteristics of low-income, diverse diabetes adults enrolled in a telephonic intervention trial. Environment for the study was New York City (NYC) A1C Registry program. Baseline data were analyzed from 941 participants randomized to either telephonic/print or print-only intervention to improve glycemic control. Summary statistics for key variables were calculated; we highlight baseline contrasts between Latino and non-Latino participants. There were high proportions of Latino (67.7%) and non-Latino Black (28.0%) participants from South Bronx. Mean age was 56.3 years, almost 70.0% were foreign born, and 55.8% preferred Spanish language. Mean A1C was 9.2% and mean body mass index (BMI) 32.1 kg/m(2). There were significant contrasts between Latino and non-Latino participants for behavioral and psychosocial variables. This telephonic intervention study succeeded in randomizing a large number of low-income, diverse participants with poor diabetes control who are under-represented in studies. Latino versus non-Latino differences at baseline were striking.
我们描述了参与一项电话干预试验的低收入、多样化糖尿病成年患者的基线人口统计学和社会心理特征。该研究的环境是纽约市（NYC）A1C登记项目。对941名被随机分配至电话/印刷品或仅印刷品干预组以改善血糖控制的参与者的基线数据进行了分析。计算了关键变量的汇总统计数据；我们着重强调了拉丁裔和非拉丁裔参与者之间的基线差异。来自南布朗克斯的拉丁裔参与者比例很高（67.7%），非拉丁裔黑人参与者比例为28.0%。平均年龄为56.3岁，近70.0%为外国出生，55.8%偏好西班牙语。平均糖化血红蛋白（A1C）为9.2%，平均体重指数（BMI）为32.1kg/m²。拉丁裔和非拉丁裔参与者在行为和社会心理变量方面存在显著差异。这项电话干预研究成功地将大量糖尿病控制不佳的低收入、多样化参与者纳入随机分组，这些参与者在研究中代表性不足。拉丁裔与非拉丁裔在基线时的差异显著。
