Participant demographics
| Patient demographics | N=100 |
| Study arm (n) | |
| Primary care (control) | 31 |
| Primary care using a within-encounter conversation aid (intervention) | 69 |
| Age, years (mean, SD) | 60.0 (9.7) |
| Women (n) | 41 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 (mean, SD) | 36.7 (9.1) |
| Race (n) | |
| White | 85 |
| Black | 9 |
| Other | 6 |
| Education* (n) | |
| High school or less | 29 |
| Vocational/4-year college degree | 46 |
| Graduate degree | 9 |
| HbA1c, % (mean, SD) | 8.9 (1.3) |
| Years with diabetes* (n) | |
| <5 | 27 |
| 5 to<10 | 32 |
| >10 | 30 |
| Literacy* (n) | |
| Inadequate | 9 |
| Adequate | 81 |
| Clinician demographics | N=89 |
| Age, years (mean, SD) | 45.2 (11.3) |
| Women (n, %) | 45 (50.6) |
| Years in practice (mean, SD) | 12.0 (10.4) |
| Number of encounters included (mean, SD) | 3.8 (3.3) |
*Self-reported by patients, missing responses are not represented in counts or percentages.
HbA1c, haemoglobin A1c .