Characteristics of US Health Care Providers Who Counsel Adolescents on Sports and Energy Drink Consumption
Table 1
Number and proportion (%) of health care providers who responded with always/often counseling (A), sometimes counseling (S), and rarely/never/no counseling (N) of adolescent patients regarding consumption of sports drinks (SD), energy drinks (ED), or both types of drinks (comprehensive SED), by provider characteristics (United States, DocStyles, 2011).
Provider characteristics
Total
Sports drink
Energy drink
Comprehensive SED
%
%A
%S
%N
%A
%S
%N
%A
%S
%N
Overall
1014
100
41
14
45
55
12
34
34
14
52
Sex
Male
537
53
15
50
13
38
15
57
Female
477
47
13
41
9
30
12
47
Age
≤45
562
55
40
15
45
55
11
34
34
13
52
>45
452
45
41
13
46
54
13
33
34
14
53
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white
726
72
41
14
46
56
12
33
34
14
52
All others
288
28
40
15
45
52
11
37
33
13
55
Body mass index
Normal/under
489
48
41
15
44
55
13
32
35
13
51
Overweight
377
37
39
13
48
53
10
37
31
12
56
Obese
148
15
44
14
43
57
11
31
37
16
47
Fruit/vegetable intake per week
<4 days
452
45
13
53
13
39
14
62
≥4 days
562
55
14
39
10
30
13
45
Exercise per week
<5 days
724
71
39
14
48
53
10
36
33
12
55
≥5 days
290
29
46
14
40
57
14
29
38
16
46
Type of provider
Pediatrician
234
23
15
31
15
29
13
44
Family/general Practitioner
531
52
13
52
10
38
13
58
Internist
77
8
16
55
16
42
17
60
Nurse practitioner
172
17
15
41
11
24
15
42
Work setting
Individual
195
19
47
10
43
7
31
8
50
Group
665
66
39
14
47
12
36
15
54
Hospital/clinic
154
15
40
17
43
17
27
16
47
Teaching privileges
No
550
54
40
13
48
53
10
36
33
13
54
Yes
464
46
42
15
43
56
13
31
36
14
50
Years of practice
≤10
421
42
39
17
43
56
11
33
34
15
51
>10
593
58
42
11
47
54
12
34
34
12
53
Patients per week
≤100
585
58
41
14
45
54
11
35
34
14
52
>100
429
42
40
13
46
55
12
33
34
13
53
SES‡ of patients
Very poor-poor
50
5
44
4
52
64
12
24
42
6
52
Poor-low middle
176
17
41
14
45
56
11
33
31
14
55
Low middle-middle
394
39
40
13
47
55
10
35
34
14
52
Middle-upper middle
354
35
41
15
44
53
13
34
34
14
52
Upper middle-affluent
40
4
38
23
40
48
15
38
33
15
53
“SES of patients” refers to health care providers’ perceptions of the socioeconomic status of their patient population; the categories refer to possible responses on the survey without additional clarification.
*Bolded values indicate statistically significant differences due to provider characteristic, with value <0.05 in chi-square analysis. Percentages subject to rounding error, with sum of row % between 99 and 101%.
