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Table 2 Bivariate relations between patient characteristics and the Patient Activation Measure (PAM)

From: Relationships between patient activation, disease-specific knowledge and health outcomes among people with diabetes; a survey study

 

N

%

Mean PAM (SD)

p-value

Total

1,845

 

57.4 (14.3)

 

Gender

1,810

  

0.017

Male

856

47.3

58.1 (14.3)

 

Female

954

52.7

56.5 (14.2)

 

Age

1,820

  

<0.001

18-54 years

305

16.8

59.6 (14.1)

 

55-64 years

512

28.1

57.8 (14.3)

 

65-74 years

573

31.5

57.3 (14.3)

 

75 years and older

430

23.6

55.2 (14.0)

 

Education level

1,732

  

<0.001

Low

997

57.6

56.5 (14.2)

 

Middle

634

36.6

58.0 (13.8)

 

High

101

5.8

62.7 (15.6)

 

Ethnicity

1,820

  

0.555

Dutch

1,454

79.9

57.5 (14.5)

 

Western

133

7.3

56.2 (14.0)

 

Non-Western

233

12.8

57.0 (13.4)

 

Spoken language at home

1,753

  

0.008

Dutch

1,617

92.2

57.6 (14.5)

 

Other

136

7.8

54.2 (11.8)

 

Disease duration

1,711

  

0.352

Less than 12 months

156

9.1

56.2 (14.3)

 

1 year up to 2 years

154

9.0

58.9 (14.9)

 

2 years up to 10 years

906

53.0

57.2 (14.0)

 

More than 10 years

495

28.9

57.7 (14.7)

 

General health status

1,817

  

<0.001

Poor

70

3.9

47.3 (13.5)

 

Fair

577

31.8

53.1 (13.0)

 

Good

1,014

55.8

59.1 (13.9)

 

Very good

117

6.4

65.0 (14.6)

 

Excellent

39

2.1

69.8 (15.7)

 
  1. Note. Bold values indicate a p-value < 0.05.