Journal article
Nurse delivered lifestyle interventions in primary health care to treat chronic disease risk factors associated with obesity: A systematic review
GM Sargent, LE Forrest, RM Parker
Obesity Reviews | WILEY | Published : 2012
Abstract
Nurses in primary health care (PHC) provide an increasing proportion of chronic disease management and preventive lifestyle advice. The databases MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsychINFO were searched and the articles were systematically reviewed for articles describing controlled adult lifestyle intervention studies delivered by a PHC nurse, in a PHC setting. Thirty-one articles describing 28 studies were analysed by comparison group which revealed: (i) no difference of effect when the same intervention was delivered by a PHC nurse compared to other health professionals in PHC (n=2); (ii) the provision of counselling delivered by a PHC nurse was more effective than health screening (n=10); (ii..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The research reported in this paper is a project of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, which is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing under the Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy. The information and opinions contained in it do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.