Physicians' Ability to Influence the Life-Style Behaviors of Diabetic Patients
| Autor: | Anthony Heymann, Avi Porath, Hava Tabenkin, Basil Boaz Porter, Ronit Matzliach, Miriam Greenstein, Revital Gross |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Counseling Male Social Work medicine.medical_specialty Primary care Surveys and Questionnaires Diabetes mellitus Health care Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans Israel Physician's Role Sedentary lifestyle Community and Home Care Self-efficacy Social work Life style business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Obesity Psychiatry and Mental health Family medicine Female business Risk Reduction Behavior Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Social Work in Health Care. 44:191-204 |
| ISSN: | 1541-034X 0098-1389 |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j010v44n03_05 |
| Popis: | Diabetes is aggravated by a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and smoking. Based on a theoretical model relating attitudes and behavior, this study examined the association between physicians' self efficacy in counseling diabetic patients on life style behaviors and their counseling practices. Data were gathered from a representative sample of 743 primary care physicians in Israel's two largest health plans. The main findings were that only a small percentage of physicians felt capable of influencing their patients' life-style behaviors. Self-efficacy had an independent effect on the likelihood of counseling diabetic patients on life style behaviors, controlling for other background variables. We conclude that there is a need for enhancing physicians' life-style counseling skills, and that social workers could expand their role by training physicians to counsel effectively. This could both improve the care of diabetic patients, and strengthen the status of the social work profession in the healthcare ... |
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