Predictors of Patient Engagement With an Interprofessional Lifestyle Medicine Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in lifestyle habits can reduce morbidity and mortality, but not everyone who can benefit from lifestyle intervention is ready to do so.

Purpose

To describe characteristics of patients who did and did not engage with a lifestyle medicine program, and to identify predictors of engagement.

Methods

This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 276 adult patients who presented for consultation to a goal-directed, individualized, interprofessional lifestyle medicine program. The primary outcome was patients' extent of engagement. Candidate predictors considered in multivariable multinomial logistic regression models included baseline sociodemographic, psychological, and health-related variables.

Results

A predictor of full engagement over

SUBMITTER: Cheng AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11507396 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature