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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2017 Apr 26;100(9):1720–1729. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2017.04.015

Table 5.

Satisfaction and Confidence in using Gabby versus Patient Information Sheets on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and Stress Management.

Variable Gabby
(N = 27)
n (%)
Patient Information Sheets
(N = 29)
n (%)
p-valuea
How satisfied were you in using the resource for improving ….?
(1: Not Satisfied – 7: Very Satisfied)
Healthy Eating μ = 5 (σ = 1.7) μ = 5 (σ = 1.4) 0.92
Physical Activity μ = 6 (σ = 1.8) μ = 5 (σ = 1.5) 0.62
Stress Management μ = 6 (σ = 1.8) μ = 5 (σ = 1.6) 0.07
Did you use any of the suggestions from the resource to improve ….?
Healthy Eating 18 (69) 19 (66) 0.93
Physical Activity 14 (52) 14 (49) 0.88
Stress Management 19 (70) 19 (66) 0.89
Do you think that you will use some of the resource’s suggestions in the future to improve ….?
(1: Definitely No – 7: Definitely Yes)
Healthy Eating μ = 6 (σ = 2) μ = 6 (σ = 1.2) 0.53
Physical Activity μ = 5 (σ = 2.1) μ = 5 (σ = 1.7) 0.94
Stress Management μ = 6 (σ = 1.9) μ = 5 (σ = 2) 0.29
How confident do you feel that you can continue the changes you made based on the resource’s recommendations for ….?
(1: Not Confident – 7: Very Confident)
Healthy Eating μ = 6 (σ = 1.3) μ = 6 (σ = 1.4) 0.10
Physical Activity μ = 6 (σ = 1.7) μ = 6 (σ = 1.4) 0.22
Stress Management μ = 6 (σ = 1.7) μ = 6 (σ = 1.5) 0.25
a

Continuous variables analyzed using two-sample t-tests. Categorical variables analyzed using Chi-square tests.