Table 2.
Patient activation by patient characteristics
| Characteristic | Correlations | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Correlation coefficient | p‐value | ||
| Working Alliance Scale | 0.418 | <.001 | |
| Perceived weight bias | −0.296 | 0.005 | |
| BMI | 0.530 | 0.621 | |
| Patient activation scores | |||
| Mean | SD | p‐value | |
| Perceived weight bias | |||
| Never | 3.504 | 0.421 | 0.001 |
| Rarely or more | 3.098 | 0.639 | |
| BMI category | 0.799 | ||
| Normal/overweight (≤29.99 kg m−2) | 3.315 | 0.498 | |
| Class I–III (≥30.00 kg m−2) | 3.283 | 0.650 | |
| Age (years) | 0.004 | ||
| 18–49 | 3.456 | 0.513 | |
| 50–64 | 3.045 | 0.595 | |
| ≥65 | 3.485 | 0.503 | |
| Education | 0.414 | ||
| Less than high school | 3.304 | 0.657 | |
| High school | 3.198 | 0.659 | |
| Some college | 3.328 | 0.402 | |
| College degree, 2 years+ | 3.497 | 0.331 | |
| Employment | 0.423 | ||
| Unemployed | 3.336 | 0.547 | |
| Part‐time | 3.192 | 0.702 | |
| Full‐time | 2.923 | 1.001 | |
| Retired | 3.345 | 0.488 | |
| Gender | 0.090 | ||
| Female | 3.218 | 0.612 | |
| Male | 3.438 | 0.489 | |
| Marital status | 0.110 | ||
| Married | 3.346 | 0.616 | |
| Living with partner | 3.149 | 0.754 | |
| Widowed, divorced, separated | 3.213 | 0.522 | |
| Single | 3.529 | 0.444 | |
Correlations coefficients are presented for associations between continuous covariates; mean values are presented for associations between categorical covariates and patient activation, with p‐values reflecting results of F‐tests.
BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.