Predictors of Counselling Related to a Healthy Lifestyle Carried Out by a General Practitioner.

ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to assess whether general practitioners (GPs) monitor and evaluate the health behavior of their patients in the field of a diet, physical activity, and weight control, and whether they provide appropriate counselling as part of this evaluation. Predictors of those activities among physicians were also determined. The cross-sectional study was conducted in the Piotrkowski district among 200 GPs. The questionnaire covered socio-demographic data and lifestyle characteristics of the physicians, their role as healthy lifestyle providers, and whether they assess lifestyle characteristics of their patients and perform healthy lifestyle counselling. More than 60% of the GPs did not evaluate lifestyle features during their patients' examination. In total, 56% of the GPs pro

SUBMITTER: Znyk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6888170 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature