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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2007 Dec 23;46(3):252–259. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.020

Table 4.

Percent of patients reporting 4 A’s at 24-months by Target Behaviora

Smoking Diet Sun protection Mammographyb
(N=663) (N=2450) (N=2535) (N=748)
Ask 79 56 30 90
Advise 71 39 27 86
Assist 43 22 11 71
Arrange follow-up 16 8 2 41
Combined 4-A scorec
Mean 4.18 2.30 1.25 6.39
SD 3.19 2.93 2.22 3.28
a

Among patients at risk at baseline, who reported a medical visit in past 12 months in any medical office

b

All women ≥50

c

Combined 4-A weighted score: Ask=1, Advise=2, Assist=3, Arrange=4, total possible range 0–10