Patient Characteristics and Effects of Prescription for Health Interventions on Patients’ Health Behaviors
| Practice-Based Research Network (No. of Practices in Network) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | PBRN 1 (n=9) | PBRN 2 (n=6) | PBRN 3 (n=15) | PBRN 4 (n=7) | PBRN 5 (n=9) | PBRN 6 (n=6) | PBRN 7 (n=6) | PBRN 8 (n=6) | PBRN 9 (n=8) |
| Patients | |||||||||
| Patient eligibility | Adult patients presenting to practice | Children 2–5 y for well-child care | Adult patients, practice tailored | Teen health visits | Practice tailored | Practice tailored | Adult patients MA discretion | Adult patients presenting to practice | Adult patients, practice tailored |
| Referred, No. | 407 | 354 | 797 | 148 | 1,442 | 245 | 437 | 169 | 215 |
| Age, median, y | 57 | 3 | 50 | 15 | 52 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 5 |
| Female. % | 66 | 50 | 30 | 50 | 31 | 23 | 74 | 21 | 28 |
| African American, % | 26 | 27 | 18 | NA | 9 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Hispanic, % | 3 | 72.8 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 10 | .6 |
| Household income <$25,000, %a | – | – | 41 | – | 41 | 38 | 92 | 17 | 32 |
| At least high school education, %a | 38 | – | 39 | – | 40 | 42 | 66 | 7 | 36 |
| Reported significant improvements in patient behaviors | Yes: F/V, BMI, PA44 | No: all behaviors41 | Yes: PA, F/V, RD, S, D42 | Yes: PA; milk consumption43 | No: all behaviors41 | Yes: RD2 | No: all behaviors40 | Yes: D41b | Yes: D41 |
BMI = body mass index; D = diet; F/V = fruit and vegetable intake; NA = not available; PBRN = practice-based research network; PA=physical activity; RD=risky drinking; S=smoking.
↵a Household income and education not collected for children and adolescents in PBRNs 2 and 4.