Table 1.
Characteristics of APROPOS participants by level of readiness of behavioral change defined using Precaution Adoption Process Model (PAPM).
| Variable | Contemplative n = 412 (24%) |
Pre-contemplative n = 1,314 (76%) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age at baseline, years, mean (SD) | 74.5 (7.7) | 73.7 (7.6) | 0.08 | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Age categories, years | 0.14 | |||||
| ≤70 | 130 | 31.6 | 462 | 35.2 | ||
| 70 - <80 | 172 | 41.8 | 558 | 42.7 | ||
| 80 - <90 | 97 | 23.5 | 271 | 20.6 | ||
| ≤90 | 13 | 3.2 | 23 | 1.8 | ||
| Race: White | 399 | 96.8 | 1,257 | 95.7 | 0.29 | |
| Education level: Some college or more | 339 | 82.3 | 1,060 | 80.7 | 0.47 | |
| Health literacy: Adequate | 360 | 87.4 | 1,193 | 90.8 | 0.04 | |
| Told they have osteoporosis | 217 | 54.3 | 174 | 13.4 | <0.0001 | |
| Told they have osteopenia (n = 1,304) | 147 | 80.3 | 420 | 37.5 | <0.0001 | |
| Being concerned about osteoporosis, yes | 358 | 86.9 | 634 | 48.3 | <0.0001 | |
| Prior osteoporosis treatment, yes | 353 | 85.7 | 633 | 48.2 | <0.0001 | |
| Current estrogen therapy, yes | 15 | 3.6 | 96 | 7.3 | 0.008 | |
| Major osteoporotic fracture in the past year (hip, humerus, wrist, spine) | 15 | 3.6 | 20 | 1.5 | 0.008 | |
Contemplative phase comprises women who self-classified in the in the third, fourth and fifth stages of PAPM. Pre-contemplative phase comprises women who self-classified in the first and second stages of PAPM. Having been told they have osteoporosis and having been told they have osteoporosis are mutually exclusive. Adequate health literacy category includes women who responded “quite a bit” or “extremely” when asked about their confidence about filling out medical forms by themselves.