A Community-Oriented Primary Care Demonstration Project: Refining Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes

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Table 1.

Health Locus of Control for Different Groups

		*Health Locus of Control Mean Scores (SD)**
Characteristic	No.	Internal	Chance	Powerful Others
*Calculated by averaging the sum of individual likert scores for the 6 questions that correspond to each LOC type.
Analyses using Student t tests:
* P = .02.
† P = .0006.
‡ P = .001.
§ P = .0001.
All respondents
Sex	447	26.75 (5.85)	18.53 (6.19)	21.14 (6.94)
Male	135	27.7* (5.3)	18.6 (6.2)	21.8 (7.1)
Female	288	26.3* (6.0)	18.6 (6.2)	20.9 (6.9)
Age
>65 y	35	26.0 (5.9)	19.4 (6.3)	22.8* (7.1)
<65 y	292	27.1 (5.8)	18.1 (6.1)	20.4^† (6.8)
Diabetes
Yes	57	25.6 (6.3)	19.3 (5.9)	24.0^‡ (6.5)
No	373	27.0 (5.7)	18.4 (6.3)	20.8^‡ (6.9)
Hypertension
Yes	190	26.7 (6.1)	18.7 (6.2)	22.7^§ (7.0)
No	233	26.8 (5.6)	18.4 (6.2)	20.0^§ (6.7)
High cholesterol level
Yes	98	26.7 (6.1)	18.6 (6.0)	22.0 (7.1)
No	168	27.3 (5.5)	18.1 (6.5)	21.0 (6.8)
Smoking
Yes	139	26.7 (6.0)	18.8 (5.8)	20.7 (6.6)
No	284	26.8 (5.8)	18.4 (6.4)	21.3 (7.1)

Table 2.

Stage of Readiness for Change for Exercise and Diet

Survey Items	Stage of Readiness for Change	Percent of Respondents
Exercise
Exercise regularly and intend to continue	Maintenance	46.2
Exercise occasionally and am not thinking of doing more	Preparation	37.9
Exercise occasionally and am thinking of doing more
Do not exercise and do not intend to start	Precontemplation-contemplation	15.9
Do not exercise but am thinking of starting
Diet
Eat healthy diet regularly and intend to continue	Maintenance	57.5
Eat healthy diet occasionally and am not thinking of doing more	Preparation	37.7
Eat healthy diet occasionally and am thinking of doing more
Do not eat healthy diet and do not intend to start	Precontemplation-contemplation	4.8
Do not eat healthy diet but am thinking of starting

The Article in Brief

Community-oriented primary care (COPC) applies public health principles in the primary care setting. In this COPC project, community residents gathered and helped interpret information about diet and exercise patterns in their community. The information is being used to design programs to reduce cardiovascular disease and diabetes.