Implementation of clinical practice guidelines on lifestyle interventions in Swedish primary healthcare – a two-year follow up

Table 2 Knowledge of lifestyle intervention methods for disease prevention, percent of health care professionals who agree to a high extent

Statements	At my PHCC, we have a thorough knowledge of how we can promote healthy lifestyle habits among our patients					I have a thorough knowledge of disease prevention methods concerning tobacco use
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	Percent	P	Percent	P	P	Percent	P	Percent	P	P
Profession		0.006		0.007			0.474		0.821
Nurses	83		86		0.476	71		80		0.133
Physicians	66		64		0.861	75		82		0.417
Years in profession		0.099		0.289			0.051		0.954
0–10	71		72		0.904	65		81		0.084
> 10	80		81		0.917	77		81		0.498
Total	77		78		0.749	72		81		0.087
Statements	I have a thorough knowledge of disease prevention methods concerning hazardous use of alcohol					I have a thorough knowledge of disease prevention methods concerning unhealthy eating habits
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	Percent	P	Percent	P	P	Percent	P	Percent	P	P
Profession		0.951		0.920			0.003		0.000
Nurses	63		66		0.654	84		93		0.075
Physicians	63		67		0.701	67		67		0.961
Years in profession		0.063		0.163			0.004		0.665
0–10	55		56		0.895	68		81		0.167
> 10	67		70		0.679	85		85		0.974
Total	63		66		0.554	79		84		0.282
Statements	I have a thorough knowledge of disease prevention methods concerning insufficient physical activity					I have a thorough knowledge of disease prevention methods concerning counselling measures as MI, CBT
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	Percent	P	Percent	P	P	Percent	P	Percent	P	P
Profession		0.438		0.234		Not measured			0.176	Not measured
Nurses	82		90		0.146			37
Physicians	78		82		0.620			50
Years in profession		0.117		0.485					0.223
0–10	76		91		0.146			50
> 10	84		86		0.620			38
Total	81		87		0.161			41

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