Stručni rad
Attitudes of Slovenian family practice patients toward changing unhealthy lifestyle and the role of family physicians: cross-sectional study
Zalika Klemenc-Ketis
; Department of Family Medicine Medical School, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Mateja Bulc
; Department of Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Janko Kersnik
; Department of Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sažetak
Aim To assess patients’ attitudes toward changing unhealthy lifestyle, confidence in the success, and desired
involvement of their family physicians in facilitating this
change.
Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study in 15 family physicians’ practices on a consecutive sample of 472
patients (44.9% men, mean age (± standard deviation)
49.3 ± 10.9 years) from October 2007 to May 2008. Patients
were given a self-administered questionnaire on attitudes
toward changing unhealthy diet, increasing physical activity, and reducing body weight. It also included questions
on confidence in the success, planning lifestyle changes,
and advice from family physicians.
Results Nearly 20% of patients planned to change their
eating habits, increase physical activity, and reach normal
body weight. Approximately 30% of patients (more men
than women) said that they wanted to receive advice on
this issue from their family physicians. Younger patients
and patients with higher education were more confident that they could improve their lifestyle. Patients who
planned to change their lifestyle and were more confident
in the success wanted to receive advice from their family
physicians.
Conclusion Family physicians should regularly ask the patients about the intention of changing their lifestyle and
offer them help in carrying out this intention.
Ključne riječi
Hrčak ID:
71433
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.4.2011.
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