Patient activation in adults attending appointments in general practice: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient activation refers to patients' knowledge, confidence, skills, ability, beliefs, and willingness to manage their health and healthcare. Patient activation is an essential component of self-management and identifying patient activation levels will identify people at risk for health decline at an earlier stage. We aimed to explore patient activation in among adults attending general practice by (1) investigating differences in patient activation according to characteristics and markers of health-related behaviour; (2) examining the associations of quality of life and satisfaction with health with patient activation; and (3) comparing patient activation between persons with or without type 2 diabetes (T2D) and with or without elevated T2D risk.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Hernar I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10331983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature