Table 2.
Summary of the logistic regression analyses of perceived importance, desire to perform, and ability to perform nine patient engagement self-care actions for “promoting health” and “getting preventive health care.” We indicated significant associations in the corresponding boxes with the demographic characteristics. The level of significance, alpha, was set at 0.05 for two-sided statistical tests.
| Univariate Logistic Regression (Including Only One Demographic Characteristic in the Model) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Preventive Healthcare/Levels a | Importance Level | Desire Level | Ability Level |
| (#5) Discuss the use of health screening tests with your provider | Older adults aged 85 years and above were less likely to respond positively than older adults within the age group of 65 to <75. | Older adults who had an associate degree or bachelor’s degree were more likely to have a positive response than older adults with less than a high school education level. | Older adults who had an associate degree or bachelor’s degree were more likely to have a positive response than older adults with less than a high school education level. |
| (#9) Join in local health screening or wellness events | -- | -- | Separated older adults were less likely to positively respond to this self-care behavior than married older adults did. |
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Supplementary Analysis:
Multiple Logistic Regression (Including all Five Demographic Characteristics in the Same Model) | |||
| Promoting health/Levels a | Importance level | Desire level | Ability level |
| (#1) Create habits that will improve health and prevent disease | -- | Older adults with a high school diploma were more likely to have a positive response to this self-care behavior compared with older adults with less than a high school level of education | -- |
| Getting preventive healthcare/Levels a | Importance level | Desire level | Ability level |
| (#5) Discuss the use of health screening tests with your provider | -- | -- | Older adults with a high school diploma were more likely to positively respond to this self-care behavior than older adults with less than a high school education level. |
| (#9) Join in local health screening or wellness events | Older adults with a high school diploma were more likely to positively respond to this self-care behavior than older adults with less than a high school education level. | Older adults with a high school diploma were more likely to positively respond to this self-care behavior than older adults with less than a high school education level. | Separated older adults were less likely to positively respond to this self-care behavior than married older adults did. |
a: A positive response = Yes to being important, desirable to perform, or able to perform.