Research
Adherence
Lifestyle counseling, particularly written dietary advice and smoking cessation strategies, is poorly implemented in primary prevention clinical practice across Europe.
If you are seeing a doctor for prevention, do not rely on verbal advice alone. Ask for written dietary plans and smoking cessation strategies. The study shows that most patients do not receive these structured resources, which are crucial for making lasting lifestyle changes.
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Although most patients were advised to reduce excess weight and to follow a low-calorie diet, less than half received written recommendations... as few as 38.8% agreed on a smoking cessation strategy
Why this rating
Large-scale observational data.
Source
Achievement of treatment goals for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in clinical practice across Europe: the EURIKA study
José R. Banegas et al. · European Heart Journal · 2011
cross_sectional · n=7641Cited 356×
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