title: Improvement of patients' health confidence: a comparison of 15 primary care practices and a national sample.
abstract: Patient health confidence is an easy-to-obtain proxy measure for patient engagement and patient activation. In evidence-based literature syntheses, longitudinal studies, and empiric analyses, this measure is related to desirable consequence of medical care. Adult patients from 15 primary care practices and a national sample report on changes in health confidence over time. Exemplary practices describe how this information is used as a foundation for behaviorally sophisticated actions so necessary for improving health confidence.
authors.affiliation: North Kingston Family Practice, North Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: John Watt
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Haresch
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nunlist
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wasson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014481:United States