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Table A2

Identified segment characteristics in demographics, composite scales and selected individual items

Construct/variable	Segment 1: Proactives	Segment 2: Searchers	Segment 3: Traditionalists	Segment 4: Vulnerables	Total	F	p
Proportion of sample (%)	45	24	25	6	100
Demographics
Average age (years)	54	45	46	45	49
Females (%)	54	57	36	40	52
College degree (%)	57	47	50	35	51
Unemployed (%)	1.1	5.9	1.5	2.1	2.4
Retiree (%)	34.2	22.3	19.7	16.7	26.7
Composite scales
Quality of life (α = 0.90)	5.96 (0.87)	4.91 (1.22)	5.38 (0.95)	4.05 (1.08)	5.44 (1.14)	80.6	0.000
Cocreation ex-clinic (α = 0.77)	5.23^a (0.93)	5.20^a (0.78)	4.32 (0.85)	3.40 (0.68)	4.88 (1.02)	103.4	0.000
Cocreation in-clinic (α = 0.85)	6.06 (0.76)	5.51 (0.89)	4.77^a (0.97)	4.43^a (1.40)	5.50 (1.07)	112.6	0.000
Cocreation. Info. seeking (α = 0.72)	4.93^b (1.56)	5.05^b (1.19)	4.43^a (1.36)	3.93^a (1.34)	4.77 (1.37)	13.3	0.000
Sense of competence (α = 0.74)	5.80 (0.62)	4.91^a (0.80)	5.02^a (0.60)	4.17 (0.84)	5.29 (0.84)	141.1	0.000
Sense of relatedness (α = 0.74)	5.74 (0.70)	4.90 (0.82)	5.18 (0.78)	4.41 (0.93)	5.32 (0.87)	79.0	0.000
Sense of autonomy (α = 0.71)	6.12 (0.68)	5.06^a (0.95)	5.48 (0.78)	4.93^a (0.92)	5.63 (0.92)	92.2	0.000
Health anxiety (α = 0.72)	2.53^a (1.40)	3.99 (1.55)	3.18^b (1.44)	2.88^ab (1.57)	3.07 (1.57)	41.5	0.000
Healthcare anxiety (α = 0.89)	2.45 (1.21)	4.65 (1.35)	3.30^a (1.49)	3.00^a (1.34)	3.23 (1.59)	111.5	0.000
Individual items
I experience my health as good	5.70 (1.08)	5.01^a (1.33)	5.28^a (1.05)	3.96 (1.34)	5.32 (1.24)	39.8	0.000
I am satisfied with my health care provider	5.30 (1.43)	4.86^ab (1.39)	4.91^b (1.37)	4.29^a (1.34)	5.03 (1.43)	10.0	0.000
I trust health care	5.01^a (1.38)	4.66^b (1.34)	4.82^ab (1.27)	4.60^ab (1.30)	4.85 (1.35)	3.5	0.015
When I am in contact with health care I feel treated with respect and dignity	5.92 (1.26)	5.23^a (1.38)	5.55^a (1.22)	5.15^a (1.46)	5.61 (1.33)	14.0	0.000
I avoid contact with health care as much as possible	3.54^a (1.96)	4.31 (1.68)	3.69^a (1.67)	3.40^a (1.48)	3.76 (1.82)	8.4	0.000
When I am unwell I try self-treatment before contacting health care	4.79^b (1.63)	4.79^b (1.27)	4.46^ab (1.45)	4.15^a (1.44)	4.67 (1.51)	4.4	0.004
I like using new technology	5.61 (1.26)	5.25^a (1.22)	5.27^a (1.29)	4.56 (1.49)	5.37 (1.30)	11.4	0.000
I seek other treatments than those recommended by hath care	2.55^a (1.55)	3.34 (1.63)	2.29^a (1.32)	2.48^a (1.34)	2.67 (1.55)	17.6	0.000
It is important to me to meet the same staff when in contact with health care	5.61^b (1.47)	5.61^b (1.28)	4.97^a (1.51)	4.69^a (1.61)	5.39 (1.48)	13.3	0.000
Multiple selection (scale 0–1 summed)
I experience stress due to: relationships, personal finance, work school, or other	0.48 (0.66)	1.37^a (1.14)	0.89 (0.88)	1.69^a (1.22)	0.87 (0.98)	54.9	0.000
I have taken part in some of the following social activities (list)	5.01^b (2.23)	4.19^ac (2.39)	4.69^bc (2.37)	3.60^a (2.66)	4.65 (2.37)	8.6	0.000
Standard errors reported in parentheses
Statistically non-significant differences between two segments are marked with superscript lettersAlpha (α) refers to the Cronbach alpha of the construct. F and p values relate to the between group comparison

Construct/variable	Segment 1: Proactives	Segment 2: Searchers	Segment 3: Traditionalists	Segment 4: Vulnerables	Total	F	p
Proportion of sample (%)	45	24	25	6	100
Demographics
Average age (years)	54	45	46	45	49
Females (%)	54	57	36	40	52
College degree (%)	57	47	50	35	51
Unemployed (%)	1.1	5.9	1.5	2.1	2.4
Retiree (%)	34.2	22.3	19.7	16.7	26.7
Composite scales
Quality of life (α = 0.90)	5.96 (0.87)	4.91 (1.22)	5.38 (0.95)	4.05 (1.08)	5.44 (1.14)	80.6	0.000
Cocreation ex-clinic (α = 0.77)	5.23^a (0.93)	5.20^a (0.78)	4.32 (0.85)	3.40 (0.68)	4.88 (1.02)	103.4	0.000
Cocreation in-clinic (α = 0.85)	6.06 (0.76)	5.51 (0.89)	4.77^a (0.97)	4.43^a (1.40)	5.50 (1.07)	112.6	0.000
Cocreation. Info. seeking (α = 0.72)	4.93^b (1.56)	5.05^b (1.19)	4.43^a (1.36)	3.93^a (1.34)	4.77 (1.37)	13.3	0.000
Sense of competence (α = 0.74)	5.80 (0.62)	4.91^a (0.80)	5.02^a (0.60)	4.17 (0.84)	5.29 (0.84)	141.1	0.000
Sense of relatedness (α = 0.74)	5.74 (0.70)	4.90 (0.82)	5.18 (0.78)	4.41 (0.93)	5.32 (0.87)	79.0	0.000
Sense of autonomy (α = 0.71)	6.12 (0.68)	5.06^a (0.95)	5.48 (0.78)	4.93^a (0.92)	5.63 (0.92)	92.2	0.000
Health anxiety (α = 0.72)	2.53^a (1.40)	3.99 (1.55)	3.18^b (1.44)	2.88^ab (1.57)	3.07 (1.57)	41.5	0.000
Healthcare anxiety (α = 0.89)	2.45 (1.21)	4.65 (1.35)	3.30^a (1.49)	3.00^a (1.34)	3.23 (1.59)	111.5	0.000
Individual items
I experience my health as good	5.70 (1.08)	5.01^a (1.33)	5.28^a (1.05)	3.96 (1.34)	5.32 (1.24)	39.8	0.000
I am satisfied with my health care provider	5.30 (1.43)	4.86^ab (1.39)	4.91^b (1.37)	4.29^a (1.34)	5.03 (1.43)	10.0	0.000
I trust health care	5.01^a (1.38)	4.66^b (1.34)	4.82^ab (1.27)	4.60^ab (1.30)	4.85 (1.35)	3.5	0.015
When I am in contact with health care I feel treated with respect and dignity	5.92 (1.26)	5.23^a (1.38)	5.55^a (1.22)	5.15^a (1.46)	5.61 (1.33)	14.0	0.000
I avoid contact with health care as much as possible	3.54^a (1.96)	4.31 (1.68)	3.69^a (1.67)	3.40^a (1.48)	3.76 (1.82)	8.4	0.000
When I am unwell I try self-treatment before contacting health care	4.79^b (1.63)	4.79^b (1.27)	4.46^ab (1.45)	4.15^a (1.44)	4.67 (1.51)	4.4	0.004
I like using new technology	5.61 (1.26)	5.25^a (1.22)	5.27^a (1.29)	4.56 (1.49)	5.37 (1.30)	11.4	0.000
I seek other treatments than those recommended by hath care	2.55^a (1.55)	3.34 (1.63)	2.29^a (1.32)	2.48^a (1.34)	2.67 (1.55)	17.6	0.000
It is important to me to meet the same staff when in contact with health care	5.61^b (1.47)	5.61^b (1.28)	4.97^a (1.51)	4.69^a (1.61)	5.39 (1.48)	13.3	0.000
Multiple selection (scale 0–1 summed)
I experience stress due to: relationships, personal finance, work school, or other	0.48 (0.66)	1.37^a (1.14)	0.89 (0.88)	1.69^a (1.22)	0.87 (0.98)	54.9	0.000
I have taken part in some of the following social activities (list)	5.01^b (2.23)	4.19^ac (2.39)	4.69^bc (2.37)	3.60^a (2.66)	4.65 (2.37)	8.6	0.000
Standard errors reported in parentheses
Statistically non-significant differences between two segments are marked with superscript lettersAlpha (α) refers to the Cronbach alpha of the construct. F and p values relate to the between group comparison

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