Table 3. PACIC overall and subscales scores in patients with hypertension in family medicine.
| Patient characteristics | PACIC (Q1-Q20) Mean (SD) |
PACIC subscales | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient activations (Q1-Q3) Mean (SD) |
Delivery system design/decision support (Q4-Q6) Mean (SD) |
Goal setting/tailoring (Q7-Q11) Mean (SD) |
Problem solving/contextual (Q12-Q15) Mean (SD) |
Follow-up/coordination (Q16-Q20) Mean (SD) |
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| Guidelines implementation | ||||||
| % of implemented examination, categories | ||||||
| < 25.00 | 3.96(0.76) | 4.20(0.90) | 4.02(0.79) | 3.84 (0.95) | 4.43 (0.77) | 3.54 (1.01) |
| 25.00–49.99 | 3.93(0.53) | 4.13(0.71) | 4.00(0.64) | 3.73 (0.70) | 4.27 (0.67) | 3.48(0.84) |
| 50.00–74.99 | 4.17(0.58) | 4.29(0.76) | 4.35(0.66) | 4.00 (0.82) | 4.51 (0.53) | 3.65 (0. 89) |
| ≥ 75.00 | 4.28(0.56) | 4.43(0.66) | 4.50(0.59) | 4.15(0.76) | 4.57 (0.55) | 3.76 (0.87) |
| P-valuea | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.049 |
| % of normal examination findings, categories | ||||||
| < 25.00 | 3.95(0.65) | 4.17(0.83) | 4.01(0.76) | 3.84(0.79) | 4.36 (0.69) | 3.49 (0.89) |
| 25.00–49.99 | 4.16(0.58) | 4.34(0.71) | 4.36(0.63) | 3.98 (0.84) | 4.48 (0.59) | 3.69 (0.89) |
| 50.00–74.99 | 4.25(0.56) | 4.36(0.72) | 4.44(0.63) | 4.11 (0.75) | 4.56 (0.52) | 3.70 (0.89) |
| ≥ 75.00 | 4.34(0.69) | 4.43(0.63) | 4.48(0.60) | 4.00 (0.98) | 4.64 (0.40) | 3.91 (1.03) |
| P-valuea | 0.001 | 0.145 | 0.001 | 0.021 | 0.013 | 0.191 |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| no | 4.20(0.58) | 4.36(0.72) | 4.38(0.65) | 4.06 (0.81) | 4.53 (0.57) | 3.72 (0.88) |
| yes | 4.00(0.58) | 4.16(0.76) | 4.22(0.70) | 3.85(0.78) | 4.37 (0.59) | 3.44 (0.89) |
| P-valueb | 0.001 | 0.010 | 0.026 | 0.010 | 0.009 | 0.002 |
| Self–reported health | ||||||
| Excellent | 4.32 (0.52) | 4.43 (0.07) | 4.54 (0.05) | 4.22 (0.74) | 4.54 (0.51) | 3.90 (0.85) |
| Good | 4.17(0.06) | 4.34 (0.70) | 4.35(0.59) | 4.04 (0.78) | 4.51(0.52) | 3.69(0.87) |
| Bad | 4.14 (0.62) | 4.29 (0.76) | 4.30 (0.72) | 3.95 (0.83) | 4.49(0.63) | 3.59(0.91) |
| P-valueb | 0.009 | 0.144 | 0.003 | 0.008 | 0.700 | 0.005 |
| Blood pressure | ||||||
| Systolic | ||||||
| >140 mmHg | 4.02 (0.65) | 4.21 (0.80) | 4.17 (0.74) | 3.83 (0.872) | 4.42 (0.71) | 3.43 (0.97) |
| <140 mmHg | 4.22 (0.55) | 4.37 (0.70) | 4.42 (0.63) | 4.87 (0.77) | 4.53(0.53) | 3.74 (0.85) |
| P-valueb | 0.001 | 0.018 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.075 | 0.001 |
|
Diastolic | ||||||
| >90 mmHg | 3.88 (0.67) | 4.09 (0.97) | 4.10 (0.83) | 3.60(0.79) | 4.34(0.67) | 3.23 (0.92) |
| < 90 mmHg | 4.21 (0.568) | 4.35 (0.69) | 4.39 (0.64) | 4.07 (0.79) | 4.52 (0.57) | 3.71 (0.88) |
| P-valueb | 0.001 | 0.039 | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.143 | 0.001 |
a ANOVA test
bStudent t-test