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Table 4 Mean patient activation score and distribution per level

From: Patient activation in Europe: an international comparison of psychometric properties and patients’ scores on the short form Patient Activation Measure (PAM-13)

PAM score and activation level

Danish (n = 328)

Dutch (n = 1829)

German (n = 488)

Norwegian (n = 2539)

USA

Mean PAM score

64.1

61.2

67.2

66.3

61.9

Activation level

 Level 1

29 (9 %)

313 (17 %)

45 (9 %)

283 (11 %)

 

 Level 2

41 (13 %)

357 (20 %)

44 (9 %)

235 (9 %)

 

 Level 3

125 (38 %)

588 (32 %)

127 (26 %)

640 (25 %)

 

 Level 4

133 (41 %)

571 (31 %)

272 (56 %)

1381 (54 %)