Feasibility and acceptability of a technology-based, rural weight management intervention in older adults with obesity

Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the Telemedicine Cohort

	Overall	Completers	Dropouts	P-value
	N=53	N=44	N=9
Age, years	72.9 ± 3.9	73.2 ± 3.9	71.4 ± 3.8	0.20
Female Sex	37 (69.8)	32 (72.7)	5 (55.6)	0.30
Education				0.17
High school	7 (13.2)	7 (15.9)	0
Some College	15 (28.3)	14 (31.8)	1 (11.1)
College Degree	15 (28.3)	12 (27.3)	3 (33.3)
Post-College Degree	16 (30.2)	11 (25.0)	5 (55.6)
Income				0.45
Less than $25,000	10 (18.9)	9 (20.5)	1 (11.1)
$25,000 to $49,999	10 (18.9)	7 (15.9)	3 (33.3)
$50,000 to $74,999	11 (20.8)	11 (25.0)	0
$75,000 to $99,999	13 (24.5)	10 (22.7)	3 (33.3)
$100,000 to $199,999	8 (15.1)	6 (13.6)	2 (22.2)
$200,000 or more	1 (1.9)	1 (2.3)	0
Insurance
Medicaid	1 (1.9)	0	1 (11.1)	0.15
Medicare	48 (90.6)	41 (93.2)	7 (77.8)	0.03
Private	32 (60.4)	25 (56.8)	7 (77.8)	0.24
Smoking Status				0.78
Current	1 (1.92)	1 (2.3)	0
Former	21 (40.4)	17 (38.6)	4 (50.0)
Never	30 (57.7)	26 (59.1)	4 (50.0)
Marital Status				0.53
Married	35 (66.0)	28 (63.6)	7 (77.8)
Widow	5 (9.4)	5 (11.4)	0
Single	13 (24.5)	11 (25.0)	2 (22.2)
Distance to Center, miles	22.7 ± 19.3	24.0 ± 20.3	15.9 ± 11.1	0.25
Distance to Center, minutes	29.6 ± 20.6	31.1 ± 21.9	22.3 ± 10.4	0.25
Co-Morbidities
Anxiety	5 (9.4)	4 (9.0)	1 (11.1)	0.85
COPD	4 (7.5)	3 (6.8)	1 (11.1)	0.66
Depression	12 (22.6)	12 (27.3)	0	0.08
Diabetes	14 (26.4)	14 (31.8)	0	0.05
Fibromyalgia	2 (3.8)	2 (4.6)	0	0.51
High Cholesterol	19 (39.9)	15 (34.1)	4 (44.4)	0.56
Hypertension	38 (71.7)	31 (70.5)	7 (77.8)	0.66
Osteoarthritis	19 (35.9)	16 (36.4)	3 (33.3)	0.86
Sleep Apnea	21 (39.6)	18 (40.9)	3 (33.3)	0.67
Stroke	2 (3.8)	1 (2.3)	1 (11.1)	0.21

All values represented are means ± standard deviation or counts (%). P-value represents difference between completers and participants that dropped out from the 6-month intervention

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