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

Table 3 Extent of work with promotion of healthy lifestyles habits, percent of health care professionals who agree to a high extent

Statements	The promotion of healthy lifestyle habits among my patients is a substantial part of my duties					I work to a great extent with promotion of healthy lifestyle habits concerning tobacco use
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	%	P	%	P	P	%	P	%	P	P
Profession		0.007		0.003			0.008		0.704
Nurses	66		65		0.892	59		79		0.003
Physicians	47		36		0.250	77		76		0.904
Years in profession		0.000		0.276			0.151		0.652
0–10	44		47		0.774	59		75		0.102
> 10	70		58		0.091	68		79		0.091
Total	60		55		0.389	65		78		0.015
Statements	I work to a great extent with promotion of healthy lifestyle habits concerning hazardous use of alcohol					I work to a great extent with promotion of healthy lifestyle habits concerning unhealthy eating habits
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	%	P	%	P	P	%	P	%	P	P
Profession		0.666		0.930			0.592		0.000
Nurses	50		66		0.033	67		80		0.043
Physicians	53		65		0.252	63		45		0.065
Years in profession		0.088		0.977			0.433		0.236
0–10	44		66		0.037	62		59		0.781
> 10	56		65		0.176	67		71		0.580
Total	51		65		0.016	66		68		0.701
Statements	I work to a great extent with promotion of healthy lifestyle habits concerning insufficient physical activity					I would like to work to a greater extent with promotion of healthy lifestyles among my patients
Questionnaire	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II	Q I		Q II		Q I → Q II
Characteristics	%	P	%	P	P	%	P	%	P	P
Profession		0.099		0.116			0.151		0.001
Nurses	69		82		0.046	81		83		0.684
Physicians	80		68		0.199	73		54		0.046
Years in profession		0.461		0.741			0.198		0.760
0–10	70		75		0.562	83		75		0.615
> 10	74		78		0.532	76		72		0.682
Total	72		77		0.364	78		73		0.282

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