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The intervention did not result in significant changes in lifestyle behaviors or weight at 6 months.
There is a need for more intensive interventions to achieve significant lifestyle changes.
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This suggests a need to facilitate referral to more intensive long-term interventions for clients with risk factors identified by primary health care nurses.
Why this rating
The study design is a quasi-experimental trial with a significant sample size.
Source
The impact of a brief lifestyle intervention delivered by generalist community nurses (CN SNAP trial)
Mark Harris et al. · ResearchOnline - ND (The University of Notre Dame Australia) · 2013
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