Lifestyle advice and lifestyle change: to what degree does lifestyle advice of healthcare
professionals reach the population, focusing on gender, age and education?
Engelsk titel: Lifestyle advice and lifestyle change: to what degree does lifestyle advice of healthcare
professionals reach the population, focusing on gender, age and education?
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Författare:
Brobeck, Elisabeth
;
Bergh, Håkan
;
Odencrants, Sigrid
;
Hildingh, Cathrine
Email: elisabeth.brobeck@regionhalland.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 40
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Artikel
UI-nummer: 15043620
Sammanfattning
Health promotion practice in health care has a high priority in the endeavour to achieve equal
opportunities for health and diversity in health among the population. The purpose of the study was
to investigate whether there is any connection between the lifestyle advice given by healthcare
professionals and the lifestyle change of the population, focusing on age, gender and education
level. The study is based on the data from a national population survey in Sweden in which 52 595
patients who had attended health care were interviewed by phone. The participants were asked
whether healthcare professionals had raised the subject of lifestyle during the visit and whether the
advice they gave had contributed to a lifestyle change. The results indicated that lifestyle issues
were raised with 32.2% of those who attended health care, particularly among men, younger patients
and those with a high education level. When lifestyle issues were raised, the advice contributed to
39.2% of patients making a lifestyle change, to a higher extent among men, older patients and those
with a low education level. The study shows that lifestyle advice given by healthcare professionals,
during both emergency and outpatient healthcare visits, is an important contributor to patients'
lifestyle change.Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.