Table 3.
Univariate linear regression between personal and other characteristics of older adults, and patient activation
| Patient Activation Measure (PAM), n = 200 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Effect (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Age (per year) | -0.05 (−0.28–0.19) | .71 |
| Gender | .97 | |
| - female | -0.05 (-2.92 – 2.82) | |
| - male | Ref | |
| Marital status | .85 | |
| - married / cohabiting | 1.35 (-2.02 – 4.73) | |
| - never married | -0.01 (-4.92 – 4.90) | |
| - divorced | -0.90 (-6.98 – 5.19) | |
| - widow(er) | Ref | |
| Education levela | .05 | |
| - high | -4.74 (-9.28 – -0.21) | |
| - middle | -2.93 (-5.72 – -0.14) | |
| - low | Ref | |
| Multimorbiditya | ||
| - yes | 2.14 (-0.49 – 4.77) | .11 |
| - no | Ref | |
| Type of residency | .04 | |
| - community dwelling | 2.74 (0.12 – 5.36) | |
| - care home | Ref | |
| Frailty | <.001 | |
| Tilburg Frailty Index (TFI, per point) | -1.64 (-2.24 – -1.04) | |
| Competence | .03 | |
| Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE, per point) | 0.57 (0.06 – 1.07) | |
| Generic health-related quality of life | ||
| SF-12 | ||
| - physical health component score (PCS-12, per point) | 0.20 (0.07 – 0.33) | .004 |
| - mental health component score (MCS-12, per point) | 0.27 (0.15 – 0.40) | <.001 |
| Satisfaction with healthcare | ||
| Subscale “General Satisfaction” of the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ-18), interquartile distance (4 vs. 3) | 1.99 (0.37 – 3.62) | <.001 |
a Missing = 1