Table 2.

Patient activationmeasure, health behaviors, medication adherence, and blood pressure measures.

Characteristics		Baseline, mean (SD)	After 6 months, mean (SD)	P value
Predictors
Patient Activation Measure
	Self-monitoring group	82.9 (13.8)	79.4 (21.9)	.19
	Control group	72.0 (16.4)	72.1 (18.7)	.96
Outcome measurements
Health behaviors
Cigarettes per day among current smokers
	Self-monitoring  group	16.5 (9.3)	2.6 (7.3)	<.001
	Control group	17.1 (7.6)	0.3 (1.6)	.03
Frequency of drinking per month among drinkers
	Self-monitoring group	7.2 (8.0)	7.6 (7.9)	.66
	Control group	6.2 (7.7)	5.8 (6.8)	.69
Exercise units per week
	Self-monitoring group	37.8 (26.1)	39.8 (23.8)	.58
	Control group	35.6 (26.6)	41.3 (29.5)	.18
Morisky MAS a
	Self-monitoring group	6.6 (1.4)	6.7 (1.4)	.79
	Control group	6.3 (1.4)	6.5 (1.5)	.47
Achieved blood pressure control, n (%)
	Self-monitoring group	29 (56)	34 (65)	.23
	Control group	14 (33)	22 (51)	.001
Systolic blood pressure
	Self-monitoring group	136.1 (15.2)	133.4 (12.9)	.28
	Control group	145.9 (19.5)	140.2 (18.4)	.06
Diastolic blood pressure
	Self-monitoring group	86.3 (12.8)	82.8 (11.2)	.06
	Control group	93.1 (14.1)	85.3 (12.1)	.001

^aMorisky MAS: Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8 item.