Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline and differences in characteristics between dropouts and participants at follow-up

Age (years), mean (SD) [min–max]

59.6 (15.2) [18–90]

54.9 (16.4) [18–86]

62.0 (14.0) [18–90]

< 0.001^a

Sex, female n (%)

402 (66.6)

126 (61.8)

276 (69.0)

0.075^b

Education, university education n (%)

145 (24.9)

42 (21.3)

103 (26.7)

0.156^b

Baseline activity (score 3–19), median (IQR) [min–max]

9.0 (5.0) [3–19]

8.0 (5.0) [3–19]

9.0 (5.0) [3–19]

0.004^c

Confident to change (1–10), median (IQR) [min–max]

7.0 (3.0) [1–10]

6.5 (3.0) [1–10]

7.0 (3.0) [1–10]

0.593^c

Important to change (1–10), median (IQR) [min–max]

8.0 (3.0) [1–10]

8.0 (3.0) [1–10]

7.0 (4.0) [1–10]

0.266^c

 Musculoskeletal diseases, yes n (%)

341 (58.9)

102 (54.3)

239 (61.1)

0.116^b

 Circulatory diseases, yes n (%)

284 (49.1)

77 (41.0)

207 (52.9)

0.007^b

 Endocrine diseases, yes n (%)

222 (38.3)

66 (35.1)

156 (39.9)

0.267^b

 Mental health disorders, yes n (%)

171 (29.5)

70 (37.2)

101 (25.8)

0.005^b

 Respiratory diseases, yes n (%)

168 (29.0)

64 (34.0)

104 (26.6)

0.065^b

 Number of diagnoses, median (IQR) [min–max]

7.0 (5.00) [0–18]

6.00 (5.00) [0–15]

7.00 (5.00) [0–18]

0.887^c

 Number of office visits, median (IQR) [min–max]

13.0 (21.0) [1–119]

13.0 (22.0) [1–116]

14.0 (19.0) [1–119]

0.715^c

 ≥ 1 hospital stay, yes n (%)

148 (24.5)

49 (26.1)

99 (25.2)

0.821^b

 Prescribing professional group, physician n (%)

169 (28.0)

58 (28.4)

111 (27.8)

0.860^b

 Prescribing setting, primary care n (%)

490 (81.1)

158 (77.5)

332 (83.0)

0.099^b

 Used counselor support after PAP, yes n (%)

208 (34.4)

59 (28.9)

149 (37.3)

0.042^b