Table 2.

Mean Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) overall scale and subscale scores (SD) by population characteristics, n = 945

	Characteristic	Patient activation	Delivery system design/decision support	Goal setting	Problem solving/contextual counseling	Follow up/coordination	Overall	p*
	Entire study population	3.14 (1.30)	2.68 (1.03)	2.06 (0.98)	2.78 (1.31)	1.84 (0.9)	2.40 (0.93)	n/a
Sex	Male	3.02 (1.25)	2.78 (0.95)	2.06 (0.94)	2.78 (1.24)	1.87 (0.89)	2.41 (0.89)	0.891
	Female	3.19 (1.31)	2.64 (1.06)	2.06 (1.00)	2.77 (1.33)	1.83 (0.90)	2.40 (0.94)
Age, years	18–39	3.21 (1.29)	2.62 (0.97)	2.08 (0.97)	2.85 (1.28)	1.82 (0.89)	2.42 (0.90)	0.08
	40–64	3.14 (1.31)	2.69 (1.05)	2.03 (0.97)	2.72 (1.31)	1.82 (0.85)	2.38 (0.92)
	≥65	2.96 (1.25)	2.82 (1.17)	2.15 (1.06)	2.78 (1.37)	2.01 (1.08)	2.46 (1.03)
Disease type	CD	3.20 (1.31)	2.72 (1.04)	2.09 (0.98)	2.81 (1.32)	1.89 (0.91)	2.45 (0.94)	0.076
	UC	3.06 (1.28)	2.61 (1.02)	2.01 (0.98)	2.71 (1.29)	1.76 (0.87)	2.34 (0.90)
Disease duration, years	0–5	3.11 (1.30)	2.58 (1.02)	2.01 (0.93)	2.68 (1.26)	1.74 (0.83)	2.33 (0.88)	0.23
	6–10	3.34 (1.22)	2.73 (1.00)	2.17 (1.00)	2.88 (1.32)	1.89 (0.96)	2.50 (0.91)
	11–20	3.21 (1.32)	2.70 (1.06)	2.06 (0.98)	2.91 (1.30)	1.83 (0.87)	2.44 (0.92)
	>20	3.02 (1.32)	2.73 (1.06)	2.05 (1.01)	2.70 (1.34)	1.90 (0.94)	2.39 (0.97)
Education level	High school or less	3.24 (1.32)	2.83 (1.18)	2.29 (1.22)	2.99 (1.39)	2.03 (1.04)	2.59 (1.07)	0.071
	Some college or higher	3.14 (1.30)	2.67 (1.02)	2.04 (0.95)	2.76 (1.30)	1.82 (0.87)	2.39 (0.91)
Recent interactions	≥1 primary care	3.13 (1.29)	2.69 (1.03)	2.07 (0.98)	2.78 (1.31)	1.87 (0.91)	2.41 (0.92)	0.648
	No primary care	3.35 (1.30)	2.73 (1.05)	2.11 (0.97)	2.85 (1.36)	1.77 (0.84)	2.45 (0.92)
	≥1 specialist	3.23 (1.26)	2.72 (1.00)	2.09 (0.97)	2.87 (1.30)	1.89 (0.90)	2.46 (0.91)	0.004
	No specialist	2.80 (1.39)	2.59 (1.13)	1.98 (1.04)	2.46 (1.30)	1.67 (0.88)	2.21 (0.97)
Health care setting	University or academic	3.33 (1.22)	2.70 (1.08)	2.23 (1.04)	2.97 (1.37)	1.99 (0.95)	2.55 (0.99)	0.060
	Private practice	3.14 (1.29)	2.71 (1.01)	2.05 (0.98)	2.77 (1.30)	1.81 (0.99)	2.40 (0.91)
Health care utilization	≥1 hospitalization	3.27 (1.31)	2.84 (1.10)	2.31 (1.00)	3.03 (1.33)	2.16 (0.96)	2.64 (0.95)	0.014
	None	3.13 (1.30)	2.66 (1.03)	2.04 (0.98)	2.75 (1.30)	1.81 (0.89)	2.38 (0.92)
	≥1 bowel surgeries	3.71 (1.25)	3.04 (0.98)	2.42 (1.08)	3.43 (1.26)	2.51 (1.05)	2.93 (0.93)	<0.001
	No surgeries	3.12 (1.30)	2.66 (1.03)	2.04 (0.98)	2.75 (1.30)	1.81 (0.88)	2.40 (0.92)
Pouch/ostomy status	Current pouch	3.67 (1.11)	3.07 (1.10)	2.62 (1.28)	3.40 (1.31)	2.34 (1.13)	2.93 (1.03)	<0.001
	No pouch	3.12 (1.30)	2.66 (1.03)	2.04 (0.96)	2.75 (1.30)	1.82 (0.88)	2.38 (0.91)
	Current ostomy	3.35 (1.22)	2.99 (1.13)	2.40 (1.10)	3.19 (1.21)	2.23 (1.01)	2.75 (0.99)	0.003
	No ostomy	3.13 (1.31)	2.66 (1.02)	2.04 (0.97)	2.75 (1.31)	1.81 (0.89)	2.38 (0.92)

^*p value for t test comparing overall PACIC scores by population characteristics