Table 2.
RTCQ | Mean | StandardError | Mean difference (from Pre-contemplation w/in medical condition) | p | n | % | |
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Medical Condition | |||||||
Hypertension | Pre-contemplation | 1.67 | .17 | 99 | 20 | ||
Contemplation | 2.76 | .43 | −1.09 | .10 | 15 | 3 | |
Action | 3.28 | .25 | −1.61 | .00* | 45 | 9 | |
Diabetes | Pre-contemplation | 2.16 | .23 | 55 | 11 | ||
Contemplation | 3.15 | .42 | −.99 | .04* | 16 | 3 | |
Action | 2.25 | .38 | −.09 | .83 | 23 | 5 | |
Infertility | Pre-contemplation | 1.29 | .17 | 105 | 21 | ||
Contemplation | 2.43 | .39 | −1.14 | .00* | 18 | 4 | |
Action** | 1.40 | .28 | −.11 | .57 | 37 | 7 | |
Osteoporosis | Pre-contemplation | 1.32 | .22 | 61 | 12 | ||
Contemplation | 1.83 | .49 | −.51 | .07 | 12 | 2 | |
Action | 1.49 | .51 | −.17 | .55 | 13 | 3 |
Note, of the participants with a diagnosis of infertility, those in who indicated they were in the action stage of change differed significantly from those in the contemplation stage of change (M difference = −1.02, p = .00*). None of the other post-hoc comparisons were significant.