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Table 1 Characteristics of CLC Residents (N = 14) and Physician Respondents (N = 9)

From: “Everyone else gets ice cream here more often than I do—It burns me up” - Perspectives on Diabetes Care from Nursing Home Residents and their Doctors

Characteristics

N (%)

Resident Characteristics

Age, mean (range)

74 (66–86)

Female Gender

1 (7 %)

Race/Ethnicity

 

African American

3 (21 %)

Caucasian

7 (50 %)

Asian

1 (7 %)

Unknown/refused to answer

3 (21 %)

Requiring insulin

11 (79 %)

Physician Characteristics

Age, mean (range)

39 (31–50)

Female Gender

6 (67 %)

Race/Ethnicity

 

African American

0 (0 %)

Caucasian

6 (67 %)

Asian

2 (22 %)

Unknown/refused to answer

1 (11 %)

Specialty

 

Family Practice

1 (11 %)

Internal Medicine

3 (33 %)

Geriatrics

5 (55 %)

Years of Practice, mean (range)

11 (4–23)