Table 9 Description of self efficacy (by participant health concern)
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 |
 With mobility problems | 4.47 (2.12) | 344 | 4.94 (2.01) | 347 | 4.35 (2.63) | 65 | 3.76 (2.38) | 105 | 4.88 (2.16) | 346 |
 With self-care problems | 4.24 (2.29) | 111 | 4.55 (2.20) | 113 | 4.80 (2.76) | 15 | 4.26 (2.28) | 31 | 4.85 (2.25) | 113 |
 With problems with usual activities | 4.32 (2.10) | 242 | 4.87 (2.04) | 245 | 4.28 (2.62) | 43 | 3.74 (2.29) | 73 | 4.80 (2.10) | 245 |
 With pain or discomfort issues | 4.57 (2.06) | 401 | 4.99 (1.98) | 405 | 4.08 (2.56) | 93 | 3.61 (2.29) | 137 | 4.77 (2.10) | 403 |
 With anxiety or depression | 4.68 (2.06) | 260 | 4.99 (1.99) | 262 | 4.37 (2.45) | 62 | 3.85 (2.37) | 91 | 4.52 (2.11) | 262 |
 With stressor: Own physical health problem or condition | 4.34 (2.07) | 271 | 4.90 (1.96) | 271 | 4.46 (2.49) | 46 | 3.90 (2.34) | 79 | 4.54 (2.06) | 271 |
 With stressor: Own emotional or mental health problem or condition | 4.75 (1.95) | 170 | 5.09 (1.95) | 170 | 4.16 (2.47) | 38 | 3.61 (2.22) | 57 | 4.25 (2.08) | 169 |