Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Jan 2010
Randomized Controlled TrialImproving lifestyle and risk perception through patient involvement in nurse-led cardiovascular risk management: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in primary care.
To determine if lifestyle improved at a short term through an intervention to involve patients in cardiovascular risk management by the practice nurse. ⋯ The intervention seems to have improved the patients' risk perception, anxiety and satisfaction with the communication, which are important conditions for shared decision making. However, we found no additional effect of the intervention on lifestyle.
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To analyze the association between parental perceptions of the social environment and walking and biking to school among 10-14-year-olds. ⋯ Higher levels of parent-perceived child-centered social control are associated with more walking and biking to school. Increasing physical activity through active travel to school may require intervention programs to address the social environment.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2009
Comparative StudyPerceived constraints on physical exercise among obese and non-obese older people.
To examine what older obese people consider as constraints on their physical exercise and to determine whether these constraints can explain the differences in physical activity. ⋯ Results suggest that physical activity promotion among older obese people may be well received as long as it focuses on factors that enable participation in physical activity and takes into account their constraints on physical activity.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2009
Are secondary data sources on the neighbourhood food environment accurate? Case-study in Glasgow, UK.
To assess the validity of a publicly available list of food stores through field observations of their existence, in order to contribute to research on neighbourhood food environments and health. ⋯ There was reasonable, but not perfect, agreement between the list of food premises and field observations, with nearly 1 in 9 of sampled foodstores not present on the ground. Since the use of inaccurate secondary data sources may affect estimates of relationships between the neighbourhood food environment and health, further work is required to establish the validity of such data in different contexts.
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Preventive medicine · Dec 2009
Comparative StudyAdult weight gain and diabetes among African American and white adults in southeastern US communities.
To examine associations between adult weight gain and diabetes among African Americans and Whites. ⋯ Adult weight gain is strongly associated with diabetes across gender and race groups indicating that a uniform prevention message can be presented, even to those of healthy weight.