Table 1.
—Clinician and Patient Characteristics by Group Unadjusted for Clustering and Covariates
| Characteristic | Intervention | Control | P Value |
| Clinician characteristics | n = 42 | n = 50 | |
| Sex, male | 50.0 | 44.0 | .57 |
| Clinic | |||
| Geriatric | 7.1 | 8.0 | .88 |
| Primary care/internal medicine | 64.3 | 68.0 | … |
| Pulmonary | 28.6 | 24.0 | … |
| Clinician degree | |||
| MD | 69.1 | 70.0 | .75 |
| Nurse (CNS or NP) | 26.2 | 28.0 | … |
| PA | 4.8 | 2.0 | … |
| Division (Seattle) | 85.7 | 86.0 | .97 |
| Clinician type | |||
| Fellow | 19.1 | 22.0 | .59 |
| Resident first year | 2.4 | 6.0 | … |
| Resident second year | 2.4 | 8.0 | … |
| Resident third year | 4.8 | 6.0 | … |
| Staff | 71.4 | 58.0 | … |
| Race (self-reported), white | 87.5 | 64.4 | .01 |
| Self-reported patient characteristics | n = 194 | n = 182 | |
| Age at baseline | 69.4 (10.0) | 69.4 (10.0) | .96 |
| Male | 97.9 | 96.2 | .30 |
| Smoking status | |||
| Never smoked | 3.9 | 3.1 | .17 |
| Past smoker | 73.2 | 65.0 | … |
| Current smoker | 22.9 | 31.9 | … |
| White | 85.3 | 87.0 | .66 |
| Married | 46.7 | 48.8 | .70 |
| More than high school education | 58.3 | 59.2 | .88 |
| Elevated AUDIT-C score | 13.6 | 24.7 | .01 |
| AUDIT-C score | 1.4 (2.2) | 2.0 (2.5) | .05 |
| MHI 5 score | 24.0 (4.8) | 23.5 (5.1) | .38 |
| Prebronchodilator FEV1 | 1.5 (0.6) | 1.6 (0.7) | .13 |
| Prebronchodilator FEV1 % predicted | 45.7 (18.3) | 48.5 (20.7) | .16 |
| Postbronchodilator FEV1 | 1.6 (0.7) | 1.7 (0.7) | .14 |
| Postbronchodilator FEV1 % predicted | 48.6 (19.5) | 51.7 (21.1) | .14 |
| Prebronchodilator FVC | 2.8 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.9) | .66 |
| Postbronchodilator FVC | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.9 (0.9) | .92 |
| Count of coexisting illness | 7.3 (3.1) | 6.9 (3.0) | .29 |
| SGRQ total | 49.2 (17.4) | 50.5 (18.0) | .51 |
| SGRQ activity | 67.2 (21.3) | 65.1 (22.1) | .38 |
| SGRQ impact | 37.0 (17.2) | 39.8 (19.1) | .16 |
| SGRQ symptoms | 55.1 (24.4) | 57.6 (21.9) | .31 |
| Burden of study participation | 1.1 (2.1) | 1.0 (1.9) | .61 |
| Comorbid conditions | |||
| Hypertension | 68.9 | 55.5 | .01 |
| Stroke | 11.7 | 9.8 | .57 |
| Depression | 37.8 | 37.2 | .91 |
| PTSD | 23.3 | 21.3 | .66 |
| Diabetes | 27.2 | 24.4 | .55 |
| Pneumonia | 43.3 | 44.5 | .83 |
| CVD-CABG | |||
| Previous heart attack | 18.3 | 20.7 | .57 |
| Angina | 23.9 | 27.4 | .45 |
| Congestive heart failure | 12.8 | 17.7 | .20 |
| Coronary artery disease | 19.4 | 18.3 | .79 |
| CVD (excluding hypertension) | 42.7 | 38.9 | .48 |
| Cardiac revascularization | 21.9 | 21.0 | .84 |
Data are presented as % or mean (SD). AUDIT-C = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Alcohol Consumption Questions; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; CVD = cardiovascular disease; MHI = Mental Health Inventory; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; SGRQ = St. George Respiratory Questionnaire.