Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study
Background Healthy lifestyle adherence is associated with lower chronic disease morbidity/mortality. The role of doctors, as counselors and role models, is essential. Among physicians participating in a prospective cohort, we investigated the behavioral counseling on diet and lifestyle provided to...
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| author | Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Rico-Campà, A. (Anais) de la fuente-Arrillaga, C. (Carmen) Echavarri, M. (María) Fernandez-Montero, A. (Alejandro) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Salazar, C. (Camino) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
| author_facet | Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Rico-Campà, A. (Anais) de la fuente-Arrillaga, C. (Carmen) Echavarri, M. (María) Fernandez-Montero, A. (Alejandro) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Salazar, C. (Camino) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) |
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Healthy lifestyle adherence is associated with lower chronic disease morbidity/mortality. The role of doctors, as counselors and role models, is essential. Among physicians participating in a prospective cohort, we investigated the behavioral counseling on diet and lifestyle provided to their patients in association with their own personal behaviors.
Methods
We assessed 890 doctors aged ≤65 years participating in the ‘Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra’ (SUN) cohort, who replied to an online questionnaire regarding their practices on behavioral counseling and drug prescription to their patients. Data were combined with previous baseline information on their personal healthy habits.
Results
Among doctors, 31% reported <10 min per visit; 73% counseled 60–100% of their patients on smoking cessation, 58% on physical activity, 54% on weight control, 51% on healthy nutrition, 44% on alcohol avoidance/reduction and 28% recommended alcohol moderate consumption. The percentage of doctors that counseled 100% of their patients about lifestyle was 43% for smoking cessation, 15% for exercise and 13% for weight control and nutrition. Better doctor’s adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern was associated with more frequent and longer nutrition counseling. Higher practice of physical activity was associated with longer time on counseling about exercise to their patients. Among doctors both current and former smoking were inversely associated with the frequency and duration of their smoking cessation/avoidance counseling practices.
Conclusions
Personal behavioral changes among doctors and better training of medical doctors on a personal healthy diet and lifestyle are likely to contribute to improve the behavioral counseling given to patients. |
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| spelling | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-689412024-02-12T06:08:34Z Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Rico-Campà, A. (Anais) de la fuente-Arrillaga, C. (Carmen) Echavarri, M. (María) Fernandez-Montero, A. (Alejandro) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Salazar, C. (Camino) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Ethanol Physical activity Smoking cessation Diet Exercise Behavior therapy Chronic disease Counseling Health promotion Life style Prescriptions Drug Morbidity Mortality Science of nutrition Weight maintenance regimens Behavioral change Avoidance behavior Risk reduction counseling Healthy diet Healthy habits Healthy lifestyle Professional counselor Background Healthy lifestyle adherence is associated with lower chronic disease morbidity/mortality. The role of doctors, as counselors and role models, is essential. Among physicians participating in a prospective cohort, we investigated the behavioral counseling on diet and lifestyle provided to their patients in association with their own personal behaviors. Methods We assessed 890 doctors aged ≤65 years participating in the ‘Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra’ (SUN) cohort, who replied to an online questionnaire regarding their practices on behavioral counseling and drug prescription to their patients. Data were combined with previous baseline information on their personal healthy habits. Results Among doctors, 31% reported <10 min per visit; 73% counseled 60–100% of their patients on smoking cessation, 58% on physical activity, 54% on weight control, 51% on healthy nutrition, 44% on alcohol avoidance/reduction and 28% recommended alcohol moderate consumption. The percentage of doctors that counseled 100% of their patients about lifestyle was 43% for smoking cessation, 15% for exercise and 13% for weight control and nutrition. Better doctor’s adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern was associated with more frequent and longer nutrition counseling. Higher practice of physical activity was associated with longer time on counseling about exercise to their patients. Among doctors both current and former smoking were inversely associated with the frequency and duration of their smoking cessation/avoidance counseling practices. Conclusions Personal behavioral changes among doctors and better training of medical doctors on a personal healthy diet and lifestyle are likely to contribute to improve the behavioral counseling given to patients. 2024-02-09T07:52:43Z 2024-02-09T07:52:43Z 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/68941 eng https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/30/3/438/5736254?login=true info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Ethanol Physical activity Smoking cessation Diet Exercise Behavior therapy Chronic disease Counseling Health promotion Life style Prescriptions Drug Morbidity Mortality Science of nutrition Weight maintenance regimens Behavioral change Avoidance behavior Risk reduction counseling Healthy diet Healthy habits Healthy lifestyle Professional counselor Carlos-Chillerón, S. (Silvia) Rico-Campà, A. (Anais) de la fuente-Arrillaga, C. (Carmen) Echavarri, M. (María) Fernandez-Montero, A. (Alejandro) Gea, A. (Alfredo) Salazar, C. (Camino) Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title | Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title_full | Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title_fullStr | Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title_short | Do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: Data from the SUN cohort study |
| title_sort | do healthy doctors deliver better messages of health promotion to their patients?: data from the sun cohort study |
| topic | Ethanol Physical activity Smoking cessation Diet Exercise Behavior therapy Chronic disease Counseling Health promotion Life style Prescriptions Drug Morbidity Mortality Science of nutrition Weight maintenance regimens Behavioral change Avoidance behavior Risk reduction counseling Healthy diet Healthy habits Healthy lifestyle Professional counselor |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/68941 |
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