Primary non-communicable disease prevention and communication barriers of deaf sign language users: a qualitative study

Table 1 Descriptive data of research participants

Pseudonym	Age	Highest educational degree	Onset/reason of deafness	Gender	Diabetes status
A	20	High school degree	Birth/genetic, deaf Coda^b	F	No diabetes
B	25	High school degree	Birth/unknown	M	No diabetes
C	26	Bachelor degree	Birth/unknown	F	No diabetes
D	31	Bachelor degree	Birth/unknown or genetic, deaf Coda	M	No diabetes
E	34	High school degree	Birth/genetic, deaf Coda	M	No diabetes
F	35	Master degree	Birth/genetic, deaf Coda	M	No diabetes
G	37	High school degree	Birth/unknown	M	No diabetes
H	44	Intermediate school certificate^a	Birth/genetic, deaf Coda	M	Type 1 diabetes
I	47	Intermediate school certificate	Birth/unknown	M	No diabetes
J	48	Intermediate school certificate	Six months/ infection	F	No diabetes
K	48	Intermediate school certificate	Birth/ infection	M	Type 1 diabetes
L	49	Intermediate school certificate	Two years/infection	F	No diabetes
M	52	Intermediate school certificate	Birth/unknown	M	No diabetes
N	59	Intermediate school certificate	Birth/unknown, deaf Coda	F	No diabetes
O	65	Intermediate school certificate	Birth/unknown	M	No diabetes

^aIntermediate school certificate, refers to the German ‘Mittlere Reife’, which is usually obtained after ten schooling years. ^bChild of Deaf Adults (Coda)

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