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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Jul 30;96(3):327–332. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.025

Table 2.

Summary descriptives of quantity and quality of weight-related discussions.

M (SD); Median (25th,75th)
Quantity: Time in minutes
Total visit time 21.9 (9.0) 20.9 (14.7, 27.0)
Total time discussing weight related topics 4.3 (3.2) 3.6 (1.9, 6.3)
Time discussing individual weight related topics
 Physical activity 1.3 (1.3) 1.0 (0.3, 1.8)
 Breakfast 0.1 (0.4) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
 Nutrition 1.8 (1.9) 1.3 (0.3, 2.6)
 Fast Food 0.1 (0.7) 0.0 (0.0,0.0)
 Screen time 0.2 (0.5) 0.0 (0.0,0.0)
 Sleep 0.2 (0.4) 0.0 (0.0, 0.1)
Quality: MI skill
Empathy – scale (1-5) 2.5 (1.0) 3.0 (2.0, 3.0)
MI Spirit – scale (1-5) 2.1 (0.9) 2.0 (1.0, 3.0)
Open questions count 1.6 (2.0) 1.0 (0.0, 2.0)
Simple reflections count 0.0 (0.4) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0)
MI consistent behaviors count 1.6 (2.4) 1.0 (0.0, 2.0)
MI inconsistent behaviors count 3.1 (3.7) 2.0 (0.0, 4.5)