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Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2022 Oct 22;172(6):1673–1681. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2022.09.012

Table 2.

Acceptability ratings and for Brief Advice and Health Coaching sessions

	Brief Advice (N = 23)	Health Coaching, Session 1 (N=24)	Health Coaching, Session 2 (N=24)	Kruskal- Wallis H- Test*
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	test statistic
In an overall, general sense, how satisfied were you with the session?
Very dissatisfied (1)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Mildly dissatisfied (2)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Mostly satisfied (3)	8 (34.8%)	4 (16.7%)	1 (4.2%)
Very Satisfied (4)	15 (65.2%)	20 (83.3%)	23 (95.8%)
Average rating (M, SD)	3.7 (0.5)	3.8 (0.4)	4.0 (0.2)	X²(1)=2.8^ns
Do you feel that the information provided to you was relevant to you personally?
No, definitely not (1)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
No, I don’t think so (2)	1 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Yes, I think so (3)	8 (34.8%)	10 (41.7%)	5 (21.7%)
Yes, definitely (4)	14 (60.9%)	14 (58.3%)	18 (78.3%)
Average rating (M, SD)	3.6 (0.6)	3.6 (0.5)	3.8 (0.4)	X²(1)=0.7^ns
Would you recommend a session such as this to other patients like yourself?
No, definitely not (1)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
No, I don’t think so (2)	2 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Yes, I think so (3)	6 (26.1%)	6 (26.1%)	6 (25.0%)
Yes, definitely (4)	15 (65.2%)	17 (73.9%)	18 (75.0%)
Average rating (M, SD)	3.6 (0.7)	3.7 (0.4)	3.8 (0.4)	X²(1)=0.3^ns

Note. Kruskall-Wallis compared Brief Advice with the item-level average across the two Health Coaching sessions. Health Coaching Sessions 1 and 2 ratings were not significantly different.

ns= not significant