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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratios of providers “Very often” using specific strategies to support patient behavior change

From: The role of primary care providers in patient activation and engagement in self-management: a cross-sectional analysis

 

Bringing patient in for multiple visits

Work with the patient to set behavioral goals

Refer the patient to educators and coaches

Emphasize the serious health risks the patient faces

Support patients behavior goal

Have difficult conversations

Provide detailed after-visit summaries

Try not to overwhelm the patient

CS-PAM tercile

 Lowest

0.10

0.11**

0.33

0.35

0.40

0.11**

0.42

0.17**

 Middle

0.39

0.58

0.49

0.54

0.48

0.34*

1.25

0.09**

 Highest

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

Gender

        

 Male

1.13

0.44

0.75

1.40

0.51

0.75

0.85

0.55

 Female

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

Age (in years)

 39 or younger

1.45

1.94

0.99

0.77

0.49

1.11

0.72

2.50

 40–49

0.61

1.06

0.66

0.76

0.51

3.93

2.15

5.09

 50–59

0.38

0.97

0.36

0.90

1.60

3.46

0.99

8.28*

 60 plus

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

Years at fairview

 Less than 5

1.29

1.04

1.38

1.20

1.19

1.06

1.32

1.62

 5–10

2.05

0.31

0.99

1.09

1.46

0.68

0.91

0.34

 11–20

3.94

2.46

1.84

0.97

1.44

0.60

0.67

1.21

 21 plus

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

Type of PCP

 Family practitioners

1.27

1.21

2.19

3.58

1.30

1.93

1.16

2.10

 NP and PAs

1.50

1.01

4.00

2.26

0.46

1.22

1.81

0.34

 Internists

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

(1.00)

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001