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Table 1 Participant Demographics

From: An open trial of app-assisted acceptance and commitment therapy (iACT) for eating disorders in type 1 diabetes

  All Recruited Participants
(n = 28)*
Treatment Completers
(n = 20)
Analyzed
(n = 19)
Characteristic M (SD) or % M (SD) or % M (SD) or %
Age (yrs.) 34.8 (12.4) 35.0 (11.8) 35.4 (12.0)
Sex (% female) 100 100 100
Race/Ethnicity (%)
 Caucasian/White 78.6 80 78.9
 African-American/Black 14.3 10 10.5
 More than one race 7.1 10 10.5
Marital Status (%)
 Never Married 46.4 50 47.4
 Married 25.0 35 36.8
 Separated/Divorced 14.3 15 15.8
 Unknown 14.3 0 0
Highest Level of Education (%)
 Some high school 3.6 5 5.3
 Some college/technical school 25.0 20 21.1
 Bachelor’s degree 28.6 35 31.6
 Graduate degree 28.6 40 42.1
 Unknown 14.3 0 0
Body Mass Index (BMI) (M) 27.8 (5.5) 28.2 (5.8) 28.5 (5.7)
 Normal Weight (%) 29 35 32
 Overweight (%) 25 25 26
 Obese (%) 29 40 42
 Unknown (%) 18 0 0
Insulin Administration (%)
 Insulin Pump 39 45 47
 Multiple Daily Injections 46 55 53
 Unknown 14 0 0
Age at Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis (Years) 16.2 (11.6) 17.2 (12.2) 17.3 (12.5)
Diabetes Complications (%)
 History of Retinopathy 36 40 42
 History of Neuropathy 11 10 11
 History of Nephropathy 7 5 5
 History of Diabetes Ketoacidosis
Post Initiation of Insulin
Therapy
50 55 58
Eating Disorder Diagnosis (%)
 Bulimia Nervosa 46 60 63
 Subthreshold Bulimia Nervosa 18 15 11
 Purging Disorder 11 15 16
 Binge Eating Disorder 7 10 11
 Unknown 14 0 0
  1. Note: Data analyses were conducted on 19 of the 20 treatment completers; n = 1 was excluded from analyses due to late reveal of psychosis directly impacting her management behavior