Brief lifestyle advice in cardiac care: an experimental study on message source and framing.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Communicating risk information and offering lifestyle advice are important goals in cardiac rehabilitation. However, the most effective way and the most effective source to communicate this information are not yet known. Therefore, we examined the effect of source (cardiologist, physiotherapist) and framing (gain, loss) of brief lifestyle advice on patients' intention-to-change-lifestyle.

Methods

In an online experimental study, 636 cardiac patients (40% female, 67 (10) yrs.) were randomly assigned to one of four textual vignettes. Effect of source and framing on intention-to-change-lifestyle (assessed using a 5-point Likert scale) was analysed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA).

Results

Patients expressed positive intention-to-change-lifestyle after rece

SUBMITTER: IJzerman RVH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781907 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature