PURPOSE We aimed to identify the strategies used to support patient behavior change by
clinicians whose patients had an increase in patient activation. METHODS This mixed …

Background There is a growing awareness that patients should be more active and effective
managers of their health and health care. Recent studies have found patient activation—or …

Patient activation is an important predictor of health outcomes and health care usage, yet we
do not know how enduring the benefits of greater patient activation are. This study uses a …

Objective To determine whether an approach that assesses patient capabilities for self-
management and then tailors coaching support based on this assessment would be more …

Practitioners are more likely to help patients initiate and maintain behavior change for health
promotion and disease prevention if they use an autonomy-supportive approach rather than …

Objective “Patient activation” describes the extent to which individuals manage their own
healthcare. This study evaluated the association of patient activation, depressive symptoms …

Background Patient activation has been described as a potential strategy to improve chronic
disease self-management. However, the effects of patient activation interventions on …

Purpose: An action plan is an agreement between clinician and patient that the patient will
make a specific behavior change. The goals of this study are to: determine whether it is …

Results The multivariate models provide evidence that both quantity of time and quality of
interactions with one's regular provider are associated with higher patient activation. Those …

OBJECTIVE: To test whether changes in the patient activation measure (PAM) are related to
changes in health status and healthy behaviors. METHODS: Data for this secondary …