Table 1 displays the baseline characteristics of patients who
(65.48 9.96 vs. 63.94 11.01 years; p < 0.001) and more active
(4.93 2.05 vs. 4.68 2.24; p < 0.01) than those who completed one
questionnaire.
Patients’ physical activity scores improved significantly from T0
(mean, 4.93) to T1 (mean, 5.24; p < 0.001). The percentage of
patients meeting the Dutch standard for healthy physical activity
also increased significantly from T0 (63.7%) to T1 (68.5%;
p < 0.001), while the percentage of current smokers decreased
significantly (25.0% vs. 17.8%; p < 0.001). Patients’ physical quality
of life declined significantly from T0 (42.51) to T1 (41.78). Changes
in patients’ physical quality of life (Fgroup = 0.934; p = 0.443), mean
physical activity (Fgroup = 0.377; p = 0.825) did not vary among
DMPs aimed at different conditions. We did find a difference in the
percentage of patients that quit smoking across diseases (p < 0.01).
The percentage of cardiovascular patients that quit smoking was
6% (out of 637 patients), COPD patients 11% (out of 319 patients),
diabetic patients 7% (out of 178 patients), heart failure patients 0%
(out of 20 patients) and patients with comorbidity 3% (out of 88
patients)