Implementing shared decision making in federally qualified health centers, a quasi-experimental design study: the Office-Guidelines Applied to Practice (Office-GAP) program

Table 2 Demographics and baseline characteristics (N = 95)

Continuous variable	Mean	SD
Age (years)	53.2	10.3
Body mass index (BMI, kg/m²)	36.9	10.2
Charlson Index*	2.6	1.5
Total No. of Office-GAP visits completed	2.4	0.8
Discrete variable	N	%
Female	51	53.7
Race
White	49	51.6
African American	35	36.8
Other race/ethnicity	11	11.6
Education
Less than high school	30	31.6
HS diploma or higher	65	68.4
Primary insurance
Medicaid or dual	21	22.1
Medicare	29	30.5
Other	37	39.0
Uninsured	8	8.4
Smoking status
Current smoker	38	40.0
Ex-smoker	13	13.7
Non-smoker	44	46.3
BMI Category
< 30	21	22.1
30–35	23	24.2
> 35	51	53.7
Office-GAP visit patterns
Patients completed only 1 visit	18	19.0
Only 2 visits	17	17.9
All 3 visits	60	63.2
Past Medical History*
Hypertension	76	89.4
Diabetes	70	82.4
Dyslipidemia (hyperlipidemia)	65	76.5
Chronic pulmonary disease	19	22.4
Peripheral vascular disease	18	21.2
Myocardial infarction	13	15.3
Angina	10	11.8
Cerebrovascular disease	9	10.6
Congestive heart failure	8	9.4
Connective tissue disease	4	4.7
Peptic ulcer	8	9.4
Liver disease	2	2.4
Dementia	0	0
Diabetics with end organ damage	25	29.4
Renal failure	4	4.7
Any tumor	7	8.2
AIDS/Metastatic solid tumor/Leukemia/lymphoma	0	0

*% for Past medical history and Charlson index are based on 85 patients with chart review

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