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Table 3 Times each capacity domain was mentioned per patient in 6 months of chart recordsa

From: Patient capacity for self-care in the medical record of patients with chronic conditions: a mixed-methods retrospective study

Capacity Domain

All notes

Primary care notes only

All other notes

Physical

14.0 (21.9), 8 (4, 15), 159

9.5 (10.9), 6 (3, 12), 72

4.6 (12.5), 0 (0, 3.5), 87

Personal

5.7 (6.5), 4 (2, 6), 31

4.0 (3.6), 3 (2, 5), 25

1.8 (4.1), 0 (0, 2), 21

Emotional

3.1 (5.9), 1 (0, 4), 47

2.2 (3.0), 1 (0, 3), 17

0.9 (3.7), 0 (0, 0), 30

Social

2.6 (4.3), 2 (1, 3), 30

1.8 (1.9), 1.0 (0, 3), 12

0.8 (2.9), 0 (0,0), 18

Financial

0.9 (1.5), 1 (0, 1), 11

0.7 (0.8), 1.0 (0, 1), 4

0.3 (0.9), 0 (0,0), 7

Environmental

0.5 (1.0), 0 (0, 1), 6

0.3 (0.6), 0 (0,0), 3

0.2 (0.7), 0 (0, 0), 5

  1. aMean (Standard Deviation), Median (Inter-Quartile Range), Maximum