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Descriptive characteristics of weight-related behavioral counseling conversations (n = 66)
| Prenatal visits with any behavioral counseling (n = 66) | |
|---|---|
| Initiation of behavioral counseling | |
| Patient-initiated | 30 (45.5) |
| Clinician-initiated | 36 (54.5) |
|
| |
| Number of counseling episodes per prenatal visit | |
| Mean (SD) | 1.7 (1.0) |
|
| |
| Total duration of behavioral counseling (seconds) | |
| Mean (SD) | 64.9 (54.5) |
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| |
| Number of 5As strategies | |
| One | 39 (59.1) |
| Two | 23 (34.9) |
| Three | 2 (3.0) |
| Four | 2 (3.0) |
| Five | 0 (0.0) |
