Telephone Counseling for Physical Activity and Diet in Primary Care Patients
American Journal of Preventive MedicinePublished 6 December 2008
Elizabeth Eakin, Marina M. Reeves, Sheleigh Lawler, Nicholas Graves, Brian Oldenburg, Chris Del Mar
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Results suggest that telephone counseling is a feasible means of delivering lifestyle intervention to primary care patients with chronic conditions-patients whose need for ongoing support for lifestyle change is often beyond the capacity of primary healthcare practitioners.
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The study targeted a challenging primary care patient sample and, using a telephone-delivered intervention, demonstrated modest improvements in diet and in physical activity. Results suggest that telephone counseling is a feasible means of delivering lifestyle intervention to primary care patients with chronic conditions-patients whose need for ongoing support for lifestyle change is often beyond the capacity of primary healthcare practitioners.
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