Table 8 Description of self efficacy (by participant risk factor)
Outcomes | Self-efficacy (7-point Likert scale) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Confidence in ability to improve physical activity | Confidence in ability to increase fruit & vegetable intake | Confidence in ability to reduce alcohol intakea | Confidence in ability to quit smokingb | Confidence in ability to reduce stress | ||||||||
Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | n | |||
Population | All respondents | 4.68 (2.03) | 595 | 5.07 (1.95) | 599 | 4.19 (2.52) | 137a | 3.61 (2.34) | 182b | 4.95 (2.11) | 594 | |
BMI | Underweight | 4.12 (1.93) | 17 | 4.88 (2.03) | 17 | 3.67 (3.06) | 3 | 3.44 (2.79) | 9 | 4.53 (2.43) | 17 | |
Normal | 4.58 (2.24) | 154 | 5.19 (1.99) | 155 | 4.39 (2.25) | 2 | 3.97 (2.43) | 60 | 5.13 (1.98) | 152 | ||
Overweight | 4.80 (1.93) | 183 | 5.05 (2.00) | 183 | 4.37 (2.55) | 52 | 3.18 (2.23) | 44 | 5.02 (2.11) | 182 | ||
Obese | 4.88 (1.84) | 203 | 5.18 (1.79) | 205 | 3.92 (2.70) | 38 | 3.63 (2.20) | 56 | 4.84 (2.09) | 205 | ||
Low fruit/vegetable intake | 4.40 (2.11) | 595 | 4.80 (1.84) | 198 | 3.95 (2.38) | 39 | 3.48 (2.39) | 79 | 4.65 (2.24) | 196 | ||
Smokers | 4.60 (2.03) | 182 | 5.01 (1.80) | 183 | 4.02 (2.48) | 50 | – | – | 4.70 (2.14) | 181 | ||
Drinkers | 4.98 (2.05) | 139 | 5.29 (1.82) | 140 | – | – | 3.36 (2.33) | 50 | 4.93 (2.20) | 138 | ||
Not physically active | 5.07 (1.94) | 271 | 5.25 (1.92) | 273 | 4.27 (2.38) | 78 | 3.69 (2.25) | 87 | 4.90 (2.12) | 270 | ||
Greater than median number of cigarettes smoked daily (> 15) | Above median (>15) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.18 (2.23) | 84 | – | – | |
At and below median (≤15) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.98 (2.37) | 92 | – | – | ||